Know when to start over

That would be at the beginning, or near it. I ordered twine to use for warp on this art project, which is going to be a plastic bag rug. The tying twine looked big when I got it in, but I waited to make a decision when I actually got to the stage of warping. Guess what? I'm there. I wound some of it last night, and it's way too big. I don't want these rugs to be at all warp-faced. I just went to the lumber store and got nylon twine - bigger than 8/4, but not nearly as big as the tying twine. So, I have a whole box of tying twine. I should be good for: garden twine, twine to make trellises for climbing flowers, etc. Who knows, maybe I'll find a weaving related use for it! I could make several hundred macrame flower hangers!

I did get the 35 yards of warp off - or near enough. As does sometimes happen with section warps, when I got down to the end, I found one section that was short. It's on the outside of the beam, though. That's a little plus. So I cut that section off. I'll tie this twine warp onto the remaining sections, and after the art project is finished, I'll probably go ahead and weave the last rug, runner, or whatever decides to come out of the loom. Right now I'm under a deadline for the art project, so that's first priority.

I got 22 rugs out of that warp so far. Since I'm in a time crunch, I've just stacked them up and will hem them all later. I must say, they are just gorgeous, and somehow the fact that they are all stacked up makes them more attractive. There's something of a harvest feel to it.

I ran through a lot of my Pendleton selvedge doing "the stack." I have more ordered and look forward to seeing what Santa brought - after this art project is done.