Ok y'all get a sort of precis of warping a rug loom tonight

[nilajones@zeroes.ca]

@smellsofbikes

@ai6yr would probably love this thread if he hasn't seen it

@elana might too

[smellsofbikes@mastodon.social]

@NilaJones we keep saying "if this thread doesn't discourage people from taking up weaving, NOTHING WILL!"

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@NilaJones @smellsofbikes @elana OH WOW, this is cool! But my brain hurts in trying to figure out how it all fits together.

[nilajones@zeroes.ca]

@smellsofbikes

Oh it has definitely discouraged me 😂

[smellsofbikes@mastodon.social]

@ai6yr @NilaJones yeah one of the overwhelming things about this is that while it's deterministic, there are SO MANY little steps to take and it's hard to tell which are important and which aren't until you've been through it and messed up a couple of times.

[nilajones@zeroes.ca]

@smellsofbikes @ai6yr

Just your thread has given me so much respect for the generations of people who always had a loom going, always weaving more fabric -- and still only had one new outfit a year or so

I knew it was work, but I didn't know it was this hard

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@NilaJones @smellsofbikes it seems overwhelmingly involved!!! (cool, but it's clear I'd need to sit with someone to understand it better....)

[smellsofbikes@mastodon.social]

@NilaJones @ai6yr Particularly that we're starting with a good high quality modern loom with lots of neato equipment on it, and a lot of instruction and high quality mostly machine spun yarn. If you were using a traditional navajo loom and hand spun yarn, it's significantly more difficult.

[cptsuperlative@toot.cat]

@smellsofbikes

You really need a few more hobbies.

[smellsofbikes@mastodon.social]

@CptSuperlative oh you have no _idea_ and I'm well aware I need fewer hobbies

[oheso@ieji.de]

@NilaJones @smellsofbikes Just like my cycling blog, then.