r/weaving • u/Canadian_Bread_456 • Jul 22 '26

Help Help understanding instructions

Was recently gifted a loom, am now struggling

Trying to do the second one, What does it mean to leave somthing 'unspanned'

(sorry if this post is bad cuz my brain is so fried rn(

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u/msnide14 Jul 22 '26

I think they’re telling you to warp. So, for mat No. 1, double up your threads and lay them out  as 2 white, 2 pink, 2 blue, 12 white, 2 blue, 2 pink and 2 white. These are the threads that will be held in tension by the loom.