An empty loom. Two empty looms. We can’t have that!

So I’m doing something I never do – weaving a sampler. I want to weave a couple of shawls with a metallic stripe at each end. Only I can’t decide which colour warp to match with the three metallic yarns I have.

The idea was to see how the three metallic threads looked with a few different warp yarns. Only I’m rather liking the combination of colours.

I use an old cordless drill to wind my bobbins. The battery lasts for one or two before it runs out of puff. And it takes days to charge it up. It was flat when I wanted to start the sampler, so I turned my attention to the rigid heddle loom.

I had bought some brown warp to go with this olive handspun ages ago.

The handspun is interesting enough that I don’t need a weave structure more complex than plain old tabby. I’m using the finest reed. 12.5 dpi, I think.

I don’t know what I’m going to make out of it yet.