Double the Fun

A few weeks back I attempted to do some weaving utilising the second heddle kit on my Ashford Knitters Loom. I wound up cutting the warp off the loom and deciding to do the project – wine bottle cosies/carriers in double weave – on the table loom.

Well, gradually over the last week or so, I got the warp on the loom and started weaving:

And I discovered that double weave is a lot of fun. I’m weaving a tube. How cool is that?

Unfortunately the tube wound up considerably wider than a wine bottle, or even a fat champagne bottle, but that’s okay. I considered this first one a sampler. After a wash (during which lots of dye came out – but this is cheapo yarn) it shrank and I was able to estimate how many ends to remove to get the right sized tube.

And now I’m working on the second one.

Gradually.