I noticed that I had built up a stash of yarn, each bundle with these qualities – not enough for a complete scarf, but too much to discard.
So I decided that it was time for a “leftovers” piece.
I went through many possibilities and settled on a multi-striped warp and a single-color weft. I had one full skein of dark wool and I used that for the weft.
I think the result must mimic the flag of one or several nations. If you are a resident of one of those nations you can take this as a patriotic scarf! Otherwise, you can still take this as a colorful scarf.
I’ve measured the warp, tied on the yarn to the warp beam, cut the other ends, and now am preparing to complete the warping by threading every other strand through a hole in the heddle adjacent to the slot.
I’ve completed the warping, and wound the warp onto the warp beam, with even tension and with the helper pieces of cardboard. Then I’ve tied the ends to the take-up beam.
Here I’ve just started weaving. The light weft is there to get going straight. The dark weft is what I’ll keep.
Making some progress, mid-way:
Here I am finished with the weaving. What’s left to do is to cut or untie the strands from the warp beam, then unroll and do the same thing for the strands on the take-up beam.
Complete, except for trimming. This is one I kept for myself. It was usefully warm for walking around this winter in Portland!
