I have a new love...

I liked weaving on my 50cm Ashford Knitters Loom but I LOVE weaving on the 120cm Rigid Heddle Loom....such a nice size but you do need the stand that it goes on as trying to do this on a table would be a pain.

Turns out that my long poof (foot stool) is just perfect for the loom in height and length..

I had no planning when the loom arrived about a week after I ordered it at the show, except, finish the raw wood with some nice waxy stuff I got from the hardware store and get a warp on it.....

I should have reinforced the edges with a double or triple strand and I should have put a thread to tell me where half way was....Oh well...next time...I had to get some thin strips of wood to help with the tension etc since I didn't have any card wide enough.

Warp = 4ply commercial wool (Yarn Barn Victoria)
Weft = every bit of left overs I had and a couple of balls I haven't done anything with...fibres include

Merino, Rabbit, Alpaca, Seacell, Polland, Silk, Blue Faced Leicester, Camel, Targhee, Polwarth.

In Progress

Right off the loom...

It fits the width of my king size bed nicely so it's the perfect size and more than what I hoped for in outcome.  the colours, albeit very random have worked awesomely, couldn't have planned it better.

I did a traditional twist fringe.  I learnt the twisting from an Irani man I met in NZ a long time ago.

now to the next project....bath mats and maybe a floor mat made from cotton fabric yarn I found for a good price today....

After I redecorate the kids rooms....