I say this a lot, but I’ve been having so much fun at Fern’s workshop learning more about the techniques involved in weaving and setting up a loom. In past weeks, I wrote about getting the warp onto the loom, but now I can talk about how to make a warp!

Three weeks of volunteering later, and the warping process is finally over! As always, I am so thankful to Fern for her patience in teaching me, and also for letting me tackle this process instead of doing it herself at a much faster speed. This week, we were able to wind the warp on to the back beam, and we are hoping to start weaving next week!

I’m still over the moon that I get to live out my weaving dreams by volunteering at Fern’s studio, so here is another blog post that attempts to digest my new knowledge about weaving in order to summarize it into a blog post. This week, I got to move past the reed and on to the heddles.

A few weeks ago, Fern posted a call looking for volunteers at her studio, and I instantly jumped at the opportunity. If you can imagine a “pick me” moment, complete with hand straight up in the air, that was pretty much me. Thankfully, Fern welcomed me into her studio, and I’ve loved learning from her since that time.