weave4fun

Hi there all. Bit of a picture heavy post the now. I've joined a group on Facebook called Weaving Hacks, which is a very nice group which does exactly what it says on the tin. Anyhoo, I said I'd share some of the unconventional ways I make warps, so I'm going to do the indoor one the now as it's very cold outdoors so there's no way I'm going to do a "making a warp on fence posts / sticks in the ground / hammers tied to trees / sticks wedged into a dyke post while it's this cold. Hate the cold me, totally hate it. So, that's the craic for this post. I'm going to start off with making paper bobbins so I can break down a large cone into separate packages. Simple enough. Wrap a piece of paper Round a pencil, tape it and Bob's your auntie. Then stick a pencil in a drill, put the bobbin on and wind your yarn on. Takes ages, I really miss having access to a bobbin winder. I took a couple of pictures of this but not gon