Okay, so now I'm definitely in love with yardage, and started to wrap another warp with this stuff, thinking I'd try out a fine gauge:
Fail.
I didn't even empty one of those little spools. I didn't like the way the thread cut into my fingers…I just felt like a slave to it, with no sensual return. Gave it away, and cut the wrapped warp off my warping board.
Onto cushy colorful DK cotton, for playing in unbalanced twill structures!
Congratulations on getting the blanket off of the loom!!
I’m currently putting a dog on the loom, and not enjoying it. At a fundraiser I auctioned off “make a scarf from your dog’s fur.” I told the winner that what I needed was her dog’s undercoat. What I got was pure hair! I explained that it wouldn’t be anything wearable, but she wants it for a keepsake anyway. Nasty spinning. Now I have to weave it–maybe she can use it for a scrub brush. Just want to get it over with.
Wanted to comment on your “learn by doing” essay. My thoughts exactly. I think that learning anything requires a “hook” in your brain to connect to. Making things gets it into my brain, then other information can hook onto it. It’s why I deplore schools getting rid of any “hands on” work and depending on texts (or computers). You just can’t learn on all levels that way (sigh–this born of my department getting rid of the textile and sewing labs . . .)
–Ann