The beau and I picked up the loom on Friday afternoon. Here it is on my workroom floor:

And the package opened:

And the contents laid out:

But I didn’t assemble it until this morning, because I felt too tired and unwell on Friday and we had a very busy Saturday involving last-moment present shopping, a 1st birthday party and The Rocky Horror Show.

It was more complicated to assemble than Ikea furniture. A drill had to be employed when it turned out there were missing screw holes, then sandpaper when the ends of two pieces of wood weren’t rounded enough to fit and swivel in their positions. But it all eventually came together:

Except for one thing.

Missing parts. There are supposed to be ‘pawls’ here, to fit in the ratchet teeth and stop the rollers turning. I’ll ring the shop tomorrow and see if they can get Ashford to send me the missing pawls. Preferrably using some sort of express postage.

Because I’m bursting to warp up the loom and, well, those pawls are rather vital to the process.