Warp Speed

Today's weaving class found us winding the warp on a large pegged warp board with the color of thread that would form the warp of our scarves (this means the color that becomes the tassles/fringe at the end, not the weft, which is on your spindle during weaving). Wrapping 120" of warp in each pass from the top of the board, around numerous pegs, to the bottom, changing my pattern slightly every 20 passes (or "inch" because my SETT is 20), to create 10 inches for Mama's 8 inch wide scarf (taking into account 2" of draw) meant that I did 100+ squats.

That's the important part (and I don't even fully comprehend why I do what I'm doing).

Yep, weaving is good exercise.

Next week, dressing the loom--sleying reeds, threading heddles, tying onto lease sticks.

Then, weaving!