I made a start on the baby blanket for Anne’s nephew – they are expecting in around 3 months. The yarn arrived and had to be wound into balls as it comes in hanks which don’t lend themselves to either winding bobbins or warping. I have a small tabletop umbrella swift which works fine unless the yarn catches at speed – the result is a flying swift. A project for later will be to find a better way of clamping it down as gravity alone isn’t enough!

The project is 242 ends so didn’t take too long to warp. The design is technically a plaid with two repeats of the pattern across the width and three repeats for the length.

The forecast is for 2 or 3 rainy days so dressing the loom will be this week and hopefully finish weaving before the next weaving guild meeting so I can take it along for show and share.