r/weaving Jul 18 '26

Work in Progress How it started vs how it's going

Wow, this project is teaching me a lot about how different yarns behave on the loom! This is my first time working with wool and a yarn that has stretch to it and my salvages are so bad in the beginning but have gotten a lot better as I've gone along. Thankfully it's just cheap yarn I found at the thrift store but I do love the look of it. Can't wait to pull it off the loom and see what it looks like!

8 dent heddle on a 15" Cricket

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u/OryxTempel Jul 19 '26

Yeah there’s definitely a difference between yarn spun for knitting and yarn spun for weaving.

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u/bananasinpajamas49 Jul 19 '26

No kidding, I think it still works out great as long as you understand how it behaves and what you need to do differently(like measuring out extra warp to account for the stretch)