So - time to start my first project. After speaking with my Navajo weaving instructor at Stick and Stone Fiberarts, I decided to weave dish towels using this pattern: http://www.leclerclooms.com/pattern/9706.htm
These towels were woven using 5/2 cotton yarn in white and blue. This was a very good pattern to start with because the pattern was very easy to follow but it provided a pleasing honeycomb design.
I learned some lessons about following warping directions exactly - and ended up wasting some yarn through mis-counting and tangling. Since I later ran out of white, I switched the pattern to blue/blue which turned out nice also.
I don't know if warping correctly comes with practice or if I just need to be more careful - I threaded the heddles carefully and sleyed the reed slowly and carefully. Part way into my weaving I discovered a couple of mistakes in threading the heddles that was messing up my pattern. At that point the weaving had begun and the yarn was completely wound on the back of the loom. I didn't really know what to do to correct it so I just kept weaving. Luckily it doesn't really show in this pattern but it was disappointing. If anyone has suggestions on how to avoid this - or how to correct this after weaving has begun, I'd really apprecicate your help.
Other than the threading problem the weaving went smoothly and I'm happy with the result. What do you think?
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If you're not too far into it, you can cut it off, fix the error, and re-tie it to the front beam. That is exactly what I just finished doing with my new project tonight. I thought about letting it go, but I knew that I would never have been happy with it. That's just me, though.
Oh, and I meant to say that your towels look great!
Yeah - I have comments. Thanks for the information. I wasn't sure if I should take it off from the front or back - guess that means I'd need to take out my weaving? I'll give it a try next time.
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