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December 8, 2009 by Tien Chiu

A pretty picture

Warp, lashed on and ready to weave
Warp, lashed on and ready to weave

Not as pretty, perhaps, as the actual woven fabric, but for someone who’s spent the better part of 10 hours threading and sleying the warp (and let’s not forget winding and beaming!), it’s a delightful sight indeed.  Now I can get on to debugging the warp (eliminating threading and sleying errors), and then I can get on to WEAVING!

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