The tapestry loom experiment provided valuable data: mostly that I don’t like to sit still and weave. After taking up space on my kitchen counter for many, many months, I finally decided to take it off the loom. It is a shame that I couldn’t bear making it into a scarf size; the fabric drapes beautifully and has a nice feel, but I truly could not face the project any longer. The killer was the loose stripes. My concept for the weaving was “identity crisis” and to show that I had two striped color schemes warring across the field of fabric. I intended to have several “loose” stripes instead of just two, but those two slowed my production to a near standstill. Once I decided to move on, the remaining stripes went fairly quickly. I removed it from the loom and let it rest for a couple weeks. Then I finished the edges by braiding the warp threads, weaving in the loose weft threads, and machine sewing a hem on the top and bottom.

I do like the “war” between the color schemes, and I may cut down the very large (to me) tapestry frame to a lap size, but for now there are many, many portable projects to pursue.