You can see the pattern emerge on this fabric very quickly. Here is the first few inches of the scarf. Instead of just repeating the pattern throughout the full width, I extended the pattern on each edge to give it a one inch border on each side to frame the central pattern. #weaving

@kyle Great decision on the pattern borders and the edges are just 👌🏻

@Triffen Thank you!

@kyle I’m sorry you had to find out that way, but…yeah. Your scarf is looking great!

@JoanESheldon Thanks! I seem to learn something new in every project. So far with this one I learned the lesson about floating selvedges in point drafts, as well as the importance of beating this type of weaving on a closed shed (my last project was krokbragd so it had a hard beat on an open shed and then another hard beat after moving to the next shed).

@kyle I always beat on an open shed (I just realized how funny that must sound to non-weavers). What advantage are you finding to beating on a closed shed for this draft?

@JoanESheldon In this case I'm wanting to control the sett very closely (so the diamond pattern can be as consistent as possible) and I quickly discovered that with an open shed it allowed the pick to shift up and down. Beating on a closed shed in this case let me carefully set the spacing. Linen warp and wool weft are different thicknesses.

This could just be my beginner level. Maybe this is a crutch I wouldn't need if I were more advanced.

@kyle Hey, if it’s giving you what you want then it’s working. And I realized I should have described what I do as beating on a changing shed: open shed, insert weft, pull beater to you, change to next shed, push beater away. If you ever find that you’re getting too much draw-in when beating on a closed shed, this is another option. (And if you need a really firm fabric you can beat again after the shed change.)