Its been a while since I posted. I’ve been busy. It’s summer, which means that my oldest has no school, and having 3 kids home all thw time it’s somehow worse than 2.
Tonight, though, I hsve been weaving. A couple weeks back now, I aqquired a used cricket loom. I hsve been practicing weaving since, and am enjoying it very much.
so much, in fact, thay within a fe days of getting the cricket, I was already deep in negotiations for a second loom, this one a24″ ashford rigid heddle, complete with stand and double heddle kit, plus extra heddles.
I think I am in love. Not sonce learning to soon hsve I found a craft so meditative. Of course, iy can never replace spinning, which will always be my first craft love, but it is very satisfying.
So, on ti the title topic. Weaving on the road. Tonight, I an weaving. Tonight, I am also on a12 hour drive to visit family.
I brought the cricket along with me, anf it sits quite comfortably on my lap
in the passenger seat.
First, I wove up thr end of the scarf on the loom. It was about half done. Now, I an wearing it, since my husband likes it cold when driving at night.
When that was done, I cut iy off the loom (and it worked out perfectly, essentailly no loom waste at all), and restored the loom.
How, yoi might wonder, does one warp a look in the passenger seat of a moving vehicle? Well, definitely dont fo it like I did.
but here it’s what I did.
Step one, turn thr didnt inkle loom that my husband made me on it’s side and clamp it to the table (still st home). Decide the warp will not be long enough, and add a warp perth that was included with tje loom.
Step two, wrap thw warp, and make a mistake right in tje middle of the warp, and instead of rewinding tje warp, just take the whole thing (preserving the cross) off the caddy org and try to fix it thet way.
Step 3, after realizing that thr warp has a big tangle in iy now, also realize that the kiss hsve been fast to queue for far too long.
Step 4, after checking on thr kids, and finding thay they hsve locked the baby in tje kitchen, clean him up and then return to your up sms chain thr warp, tangle and all… It can be fixed later, right?
Step 5, finally a smart move- pack the warp and the ball of weft yarn neatly in a cash that is easily accessible bot the ride, and which includes all needed tools.
Step 6, finally on thw road, finish thw first scarf, and begin warping thw loom. Realize that the tangle (thank goodness at the betty least inch of the warp) will need to be cut out. This it’s at thw cross end, so it slso need to be retied into it’s loops for outing on the back warp beem.
Step 7, noe that the loops are back, begin the warping process, taking time putt to gey drinks and snacks for the kids and tje husband, droppimg thr loom entirely st leat 3 times.
After thr first time tje loom fell, I started tieing the warp threads as I threaded them, in groups of 10 or so ends.
In tje end, thr warp I’d only a coupler inches shorter than it should be, and nice and even and prettier than I thought tje yarn would be.
A picture will hsve to be added in tje morning, since I am on my phone, in thr car, at 230 am.
But this is definitely a productive drive.













