Hi,
I'm a new weaver. I'm working on Grannie Pam's (gorgeous!) towels. It's my first adventure with boucle'. I noticed that a couple warp threads floated above the weft picks. I'd like to fix it while it's still on the loom under tension. Does anyone recall which Season/Episode talks about fixing weft boo-boos? I've gone through most of Season 1 this morning looking for it.

Any tips are greatly appreciated.
Kindest regards,
Cynthia

Wow....we have like buttons now :) I didn't know that. Maybe someday we'll have smiley faces too. lol.

The first set of nine towels came off the loom yesterday. It was very exciting. I fixed subsequent boo-boos on the loom after reading Ginette's suggestions and watching Jane's example of how to fix a mistake on the loom. And, I figured out what I was doing that caused the mistakes. Unfortunately, the first couple mistakes still need to be fixed.

I was wondering about putting the towel in a large embroidery hoop with very light tension and doing a warp repair. My concern is that the towels have been been cut apart and their edges zig-zagged. They have not yet been washed. Perhaps it's an overactive imagination, but I'm concerned about the tension of the hoop distorting the weaving and leaving an indelible outline in towel.

Guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Cynthia, I'm sure your towel will be fine in an embroidery hoop with very light tension...it will make it easy to repair. Try it on one and then wash that one along with all your others and see if you can see any difference, then if you can't go wrong with the rest of them.
High Five, Congrats :)

Hi Jane,
I mended all three of the towels with boo-boos. My needle weaving improved while I was doing it. One thing that really helped was changing from a straight tapestry needle to one that has a slight curve at the end. It made a big positive difference. It took about 4 hours, but I got faster as I went as well as more able to solve problems along the way.

I noticed that a lot of my negative space squares were very squashed. I think my beating needs work. I realized that I pretty consistently beat, tap, change, when I should just beat and then change. The tapping is a relic of not understanding how the cloth blooms in finishing and trying to pack the picks together to make an strong cloth. I'll work on breaking that habit with the next batch of towels.

I'll wash all the towels tomorrow and report back.

Thank you so much for your teaching and encouragement.

Hi Jane,
I'm going to try to post a picture of the three towels with boo-boos (marked with pins) and the six towels (folded) that are ready for hemming and wrapping. The three with boo-boos will probably stay with me. I'll come back to them after Christmas and do a little more fixing; then love and use them even with their flaws. I'm not sure how to upload an image. I tried and it didn't work.

Happy holidays!
Cynthia

Hi Jane,
Thank you for your kind words. The towels are pretty because the pattern and yarns are pretty. My contribution is a combination of following directions and making beginner's mistakes.
Kindest regards,
Cynthia

Hi Jane,

I've learned a lot about lighting for a photo in the last 24 hours . I think I managed to finally get blues and fuchsia almost true. Here are my first towels. The ones on the drying rack will be hemmed as Christmas gifts. The ones hanging on the warping board still need a little more TLC. At least one of them will stay with me. I love them! Let me see if I can embed the link properly - .

Sandra, thank you for the helpful link. Ginette, thank you for all the help. It's so exciting to finally be weaving.

I've got a lot of hand hemming to do before I can move on to the next batch of towels.

Thank you so much! I am so pleased, so very pleased.

Now for a cup of tea and a long hemming session.

Kindest regards,
Cynthia

Thank you to everyone for the generous help and encouragement.

Happy, happy holidays and wishes for a wonderful, healthy, happy, prosperous, and wildly creative new year!

~Cynthia