I may need some hobbies which involved less untangling...

So, the bag fabric is off the loom, washed, and drying upstairs.

Took care in taking it off such that I left the heddle threads and a bunch of the warp threads on another bar, so I can continue weaving but with much less extremely tensioned weft. That way I can experiment with the weft tensioning and try and do a bit better.

Bag fabric seems to have washed up ok and softened up nicely. Still not certain how to finish the end bits. Can only fringe so much.

In the mean time, taking a break from getting the heddle threads to the right height and retying the weights. Only been at it about 2 hours but my back is grumbling at me.

Finished warp weighted loom weaving

Finished warp weighted loom weaving
Originally uploaded by stellar_muddle_2

Finished fabric for the shoulder bag. Bit at the base is experimenting with using the same thread as the warp threads to see if the different weight weft made a difference. It didn't... Fabric is now out of a hot wash and drying on a rack.

3rd try weaving

3rd try weaving
Originally uploaded by stellar_muddle_2

New piece of warp weighted loom weaving using the leftover warp threads from the last project but trying for better weft tension. Can see mode of the odd stuff I did tying the warp threads. Comparison closeup of the previous piece of weaving is here. Sorry for lack of scale, but this is less than half the width of the previous piece. More photos in the same flickr stream.