Hi Lisa,
It worked. It took a little finagling, but it's on the loom and lookin' good. I asked a neighbor if she could come over and hold the braids while I wound on. I was able to get it wound on nice and tight in not much time at all and while enjoying a good conversation. I finished warping the loom a little while ago and wove the spreader. Now I'm ready to start weaving the sample. It sure is a pretty warp. Love the colors on a chilly, dreary Seattle day!
Kindest regards,
Cynthia
Congratulations on a good outcome Cynthia! Happy weaving!
Hi Lisa,
The sample and towels came out nice. I didn't notice any problems with tension on the stripe threads. It was fun to weave and the red and purple perked me up during a spell of cold, gray weather. Two towels came out particularly well - just simple blocks of red separated with stripes. I sent the to a cousin as soon as I finished hemming them and with the final press. Unfortunately, I didn't photograph them.
I threw 2 sheets of Dr. Beckmann's in the wash for the second (fulling) wash and noticed that they came out light pink.
I was quite delighted with the olive green. I like olive green a lot, but I wasn't sure about it here. It blended beautifully with the other colors.
Now I'm going to start warping the Stripes lesson. It was really hard to tell the two yellows apart. It will be interesting to see what goes on the loom: Lemon-Lemon-Butter or Lemon-Butter-Lemon, or Butter-Lemon-Lemon. Whatever way, it sounds pretty tasty (especially with the "parsley" zingers).
Congratulations Cynthia! Glad all worked out well