Hi Jane,
I forgot to tie my cross on the warp mill and lost the cross which I thought was a complete disaster until I found a couple of helpful previous posts and managed to get my warp wound onto the back beam with hopefully not too many twists. Now what I am wondering is how the heck I'm going to thread the warp without the cross/lease sticks to guide me in picking the threads in proper order. From your previous post I read:
"I just threaded an entire warp that I had lost the cross on. If your warp threads are nicely sitting on the back beam then you have a good idea of their proper order. I would very carefully put a piece of masking tape across all the threads on the back beam because that will keep them in their current order. It is a greater reach to get at them but they won’t become so twisted they will cause you problems."

I have put masking tape across the back beam but what I am wondering - when you say it is a greater reach to get at them - do you mean I will have to reach all the way back to the back beam to pick up each thread? I'm not sure I can physically do that (I have a Nilus II) and am wondering if you have any other tips for how to thread them in order? Thanks!

Dana, I am just here to say that I feel for you. Though not as disastrous, I once (and only once) took out my lease sticks before I threaded the heddles. 🙄 And I could hear Jane’s voice saying if you lose your cross, life’s gonna suck. Or something to that effect. And it did, big time. My husband helped me carefully weave the lease sticks back in, but it took a lot of patience and time. If it’s not a complicated warp, then you might try that. Could you weave in the lease sticks close to the back beam, then slide forward? If you can get one in by going over under over under, the slide it close to the heddles and tie it on, the it should be fairly easy to get the other one in by doing the opposite threads—under over, etc. Anyway, I wish you all the best of luck with this. Let us know how your doing! 🤞🏻😘

Thank you Deb! Yes I nearly had a melt down when I realised what I had done! Helpful to know others have done it before me and survived :D It's not a complicated warp so I think I will try getting those lease sticks in there. At this point, does it matter if I created some of the warp with 2 threads at a time? In other words can I just alternate over/under with single threads whether I built up the warp with one or two threads at once?

I think you might get a bit of twisting, but it will probably sort itself out if the threads that might cross are not too far apart. Good luck !