Twisted yarns

This is my new loom all warped and ready to go! Thanks to Steve at Trenayne crafts - I ordered through ebay, but there is a website if you are interested. Half of the threads are wrapped around the top front peg and then a heddle is looped around them and the heddle peg (where the thick black ties are) - these are the heddled threads. The other half of the threads are wrapped around the top back peg- the unheddled / open threads. (Heddled / unheddled threads alternately). By lifting or pushing down the unheddled threads creates a space (shed) that you put your weft thread through. Again, alernately you lift the unheddled threads and pass the weft through, then push the unheddled threads down and pass the weft thread through again...  Not having "proper" supples of cotton available, I used a mixture of different stranded cotton threads in a variety of colours, so that I could have the chance to practice... and I ended up with a double rainbow, but using different colours each...

Whilst waiting for my new loom to arrive, I started a new mochila in 2 shades of aqua/turquoise, grey, cream and violet...    ...and did a few more rows on a blanket for dementia patients  - if you would like to get involved, they would still like blankets made, but can't currently accept the donations, I'm storing some up ready for when they can accept them again and I'll put an update on here when I get the go ahead or you can check on their Facebook page We went away for a few days as a family, but "surprise" my loom was made quicker than expected, so it arrived just before we left!  I anticipated using as soon as we got home, as we had a couple more days off from work.. but, silly me slipped on some seaweed when rockpooling and hurt my arm/hand, so I only managed to put the warp on an weave a few rows before realising I needed to wait a few days!  Sara  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯