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Warp Yarn Chosen for Most Recent Scarf 50% Merino Wool 50% Mulberry Silk
Warp Yarn is Pulled Through Each Slot
Warp Yarn is Looped Around the Wooden Peg Clamped to the Table While Loom is Clamped Down at Opposite End
Beginning to Pull Warp Yarn Tight While Simultaneously Wrapping the Yarn Around the Back Bar
Continuing to Wrap Yarn Around Back Bar While Pulling Loom Closer to the Peg at the End of the Project
Finished Rolled Warp Yarn Before the Loops at the End are Cut
All Loops Cut and Heddle is Waiting to be Threaded
Heddle is Threaded with One Strand in each Slot and One Strand in Each Hole
Warp Yarn is Tied to the Front Bar in Groups of 8 with as Even Tension as Possible Across the Bar
First Waste Yarn Thread Placed in Order to Spread the Warp Yarn More Evenly
Mid Way Through Placing Waste Yarn Which is Still Trying to Spread the Warp Yarn
10 Rows of Waste Yarn Completed and Warp Yarn is Spread Evenly Across the Loom
Going Back and Forth with the Weft Yarn While Alternating the Heddle from the Up and Down Positions to Create the Scarf
Finished off the Scarf with Waste Yarn so Both Ends Won’t come Apart While Tying Off
Finished Scarf Tied Off and Ready to be Worn
First Ever Woven Scarf
Second Woven Scarf and First Houndstooth Pattern
Third Woven Scarf and Made of Two Skeins of Yarn the Same Color
Fourth Woven Scarf and Made from Two Skeins of Yarn the Same Color
Fifth Woven Scarf and First Experimental Pattern Scarf
Sixth Woven Scarf and Second Houndstooth Pattern
Seventh Woven Scarf and First Log Cabin Pattern
Eighth Woven Scarf and Third Houndstooth Pattern

Hello! I’ve been up to quite a lot lately. I’ve acquired a 16″ rigid heddle loom over Christmas. This has led to lots of weaving and scarfs. I thought I’d show as best I could, the process of warping the loom and weaving. The main things to remember when reading the picture captions are 1.Warp Yarn/Warp Threads are the vertical threads on the loom. 2.Weft Yarn/Weft threads/Picks are the horizontal threads going back and forth. Finally, 3.A heddle is the bar in the center of the loom. It has dents/slots and holes that separate the threads from each other. You move the bar up and down to reveal different groups of threads to weave in and out of. That should be the basics, but I will try and make a more thorough post of the complete weaving process in the future. The rest of the photos are the scarfs completed from December 26th to January 15th. There are also two table runners I’ve completed over that timeframe, but I have yet to snag photos. So, the pictures will be posted alongside the complete weaving process post. Other than weaving almost every day since Christmas, I’ve been well. I have also spun up a few skeins of yarn since the last post. Hope You enjoy the new before and afters too. Well, that’s all I have for this post. Bye for now :).