Almost there...

I'm down to the last few inches - I refuse to untie the weights just to let loose a couple of inches. I am sure that I would feel different about this if I had spun the threads, but since I didn't, I'm ready for this piece to come off the loom. I am currently at 2 yards + 34 inches...and holding. I need to do a slight loom modification so that I can weave a little farther down comfortably - so I'm waiting for the hubby to come home with the power tools :)
I want to drill one more set of holes to be able to move the heddle bar down just a little bit further. Once this is done, I think I will be able to weave a little past the 3 yard mark so that I can compensate for the first couple inches of the piece that are a little rough.
Once I have gone as far as I can - it's time to take it off the loom. For some reason this makes me nervous - makes no sense, but I always feel this way towards the end of a project.
I am going to wet finish the piece in the bathtub...maybe with a little soaps...maybe not...I'll see how it feels, and then let it air dry.

I know that it has been a couple of weeks :)

I was hoping to be finished by now, I know - I know. Life being what it is, my energies had to be diverted to get us ready for a weekend trip and then when we returned I turned around and was out of town for two weeks. In the mean time - I started a pair of naalbinded socks for me...I had some hours on airplanes and had to do something and I finished a 13th century fighting tabard for a friend. I'll post picks of the socks when I can and the tabard as they come to me :)

Weaving update...

I am now at 2.5 yards. I wove a few inches last night and then rolled up as much as I could to see if that last .5 yard is to be or not. It looks like it will happen. I am not going to take off the weights again as it is not worth it for the amount of weaving that it will add at this point - especially since the tension is a little off so close to the weights. I may modify the loom a bit so I can weave closer to the weights by adding another set of holes so I can move down the heddle bar, but that is about it.
I'm ready to have this off the loom for many reasons...
1 - I want to make things with the fabric (ok this one is obvious)
2 - I want to get started on the next piece so it's ready for people to use at the Novice Faire at Yule.

Some progress...

Well, I had hoped to have the weaving off the loom by now, but schedules being what they are - it hasn't happened. I now have maybe 2/3 (or a little more...playing it by feel) but since I will be out of town from 10/4 to 10/15, unless I have some spectacular insomnia (possible) I will have to wait and finish the weaving when I get home....

My mittens...

I love having portable projects - these are my mittens. I made them using a purple merino wool and the york stitch. I think they turned out pretty well considering I made them without a pattern and have never made mittens before...Now I've started on some socks for me :)