Behold! My first ever attempt at weaving! I learned a lot, but mainly that acrylic yarn does not weave well. Chapstick for scale

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How bananas is it for me to take my #InkleLoom and #TabletWeaving stuff to camp in (kinda damp) woods for a week? Hmmmmmm. #BurningMan regional considerations….

🧵 Continuing #Weaving WIP rescue project - Since @maxthyme asked a great question about how my continuous loop heddles work, here are some extra photos.

I've added pics for "push the shed down" and for "push the shed up" settings. The threads that are NOT in the heddles can pass through between the secured threads. This opens a space so that the weft is passed through horizontally. The weft goes "over" half and then "under" half the threads on a pass. #WIP #inkle #inkleloom

@maxthyme The continuous loop is in place of individual heddles. The dowel the bottom is the anchor. The shed of warp threads that goes over the highest dowel is pinned in place by the heddles. The other warp threads travel at the same level where the heddles stop. I push those threads up, to open a shed above. I push those threads down, to open a shed below.

I will try to snap some pictures tomorrow. Great question!

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🧵 Continuing #Weaving WIP rescue project - Monday day two, work on the loom proceeded from about 8 PM to just after midnight.

Close-up photos show the full project on the loom, a close-up of continuous loop heddles, and how I tied the beginning to the end, so that the whole warp is a full circle which is then tensioned tight and evenly by the loom.

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🧵 Taking a break from my #Weaving history, I worked on a warp from a friend for the past two evenings. Friend ambitiously tried a wide band on an inkle loom for a first project, and never quite managed clean tension. Rather than throw it out, I promised to give it a try.

Progress pics include starting Sunday at 4 PM, the halfway mark at 8 PM, and about 30-ends left at midnight (and bed time) after eight hours of work.

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