On December 29, I put a 7-foot warp on the loom, using Lion Brand Ice Cream yarn in the colorway Strawberry. The Ice Cream is a variegated yarn with quite long runs of each color. Using it as both warp and weft resulted in a plaidish appearance.
When the girls saw it, Lily said, "Can I have it; I like pink." I told her it is much too long (62") for her, but I have more of the yarn, so I can make one her size. Then Calla popped us, "I want blue." I have that yarn in the colorway Moon Mist, so I was able to do that, too.
After the girls got their scarves, of course, Brady couldn't be left out. He wanted dark blue. I found some navy and some medium/royal blue unknown acrylic, worsted weight yarn for a striped warp, and used Bernat Hot Sox in navy for the weft. I put on a 3-yard warp and got two 35-inch scarves. I used a different treadling sequence for each scarf and let Brady choose which one he liked better. One of them reminded him of the Minecraft video game he likes to play, so he chose that one. They are not really as messy as they appear in this picture, although my selvedges should be a lot better.
I now have a 6-yard warp on in red and white. For the weft on the first scarf, I alternated 3 inches of navy with 6 inches of white, for a total of 66 inches in plain weave. After I take it off the loom and wash it, I expect it to be about 60 inches. I don't have a picture of it. The second one is all white weft. I'm using a different treadling sequence and getting a more interesting cloth.
