When Weaving Attacks

 I was just congratulating myself on how well this complicated weaving project was going when....

 ...I decided to take a look at the photo that comes with the draft. Mine looked terrible in comparison. My pattern was too elongated and spread out to have any definition at all. Ugh. I checked the reed. I checked my sett-which is gauge in weave speak. It was off.

Here's the picture from the kit. See the difference? Oh, dear.

One of the reasons I think my pattern was so distorted was that I wasn't beating it hard enough. I'm rather timid and hate to be mean to the poor little loom but you have to do it. When I did decide to give it all I had the threads started snapping like crazy. I lost the selvages on both sides and other random threads. Back to the drawing board again. Grrr.....

 I had no choice but to pick it all out. It was oddly relaxing.

 I had a trash can full of ends.

I was ready to start again after repairing the broken threads but.....

 ...the problem was that for every thread I fixed another one broke. It was a mess. Super thin 10/2 Pearly Perle is not my friend. It all went in the trash. It felt good to be done with it and you know I don't give up easily.

 Now I have a naked loom.

And lots of leftover 5/2 Pearly Perle and not a clue as to what to do with it. It's not as thin as the 10/2 so it's worth saving. I do know my next project will be something easy. That purple thing kicked my butt.