I Won!

 

Two sections one turn 'short'

Playing 'yarn chicken' is something that most fibre folk run into from time to time.  It is when you see the end of the yarn coming and you aren't entirely sure you have enough left for the project in hand.

Well, I had a couple sections 'short' (and one too long - what can I say, I still have sink holes in my brain and lost track of my thoughts) but I just managed to finish the 15th towel before the warp got too short to weave nicely.

I cut off the web and stopped for lunch, then set up the next warp and began beaming.  Almost immediately I ran into 'brain' problems, but hopefully I'm not too far out.  I don't care about one or two turns one way or the other since my warps are sort of long (not as long as I used to put into the loom, but still 'long' for most weavers).  

The next warp is an idea that sparked while doing the the most recent article, which is probably too late to include when I ship the box, but I'm curious.  If it doesn't work well, I have a Plan B.    

And that's the thing, isn't it?  To keep thinking?  To ask yourselves the 'what happens when I...' questions?  To keep learning?

I had been a wee bit trepidatious about the two hues I chose to pair - a pale grey and beige - but the beam is looking good.  The weft will be that fine linen single, and I think the cloth should look good.  With this weave structure, there are fewer interlacements so what I'm doing is beaming the warp at 24" on the beam, and then instead of 36 epi, I'll sley it at 40.  If the whole idea is a bust, I can re-sley to 36 and change the weave structure again.  But that is Plan C.  The difference in width will be down to 21.5" from 24", and I'm pretty sure the Megado will have no difficulty with this because the shed is gigantic.  As usual, I will cut off about every 1/3rd of the length of the warp and re-tie, which ought to resolve any tension issues - if there are any.

We have no plans over the weekend, and my goal is to get this warp beamed, threaded, sleyed and be weaving by next week.  Fingers crossed!