Day 288: This is about as close as I ever hope to come while playing warp chicken on a rigid heddle loom. Y'see, when I started this project of zanshiori placemats, I warped for four, adding "a little bit for the Pope" as I always do to be on the safe side. When I got the fourth one finished, it looked like I just might be able to squeeze a fifth one out of the remaining warp. Since I was counting throws (280 per placemat), I could get a pretty clear estimate of where I'd wind up, and...well, if I was 10 throws short, that placemat would be the one I kept, as opposed to those I intended to gift as pairs. As you see, I might have been able to squeeze another ten passes in, but when I took them off the loom and measured them, I discovered I'd over-compensated a bit with the beat. The fifth one has the requisite 280 throws, but it's about half an inch shorter than the others. That will level out somewhat once they're wet-finished, another advantage to counting the number of passes as opposed to measuring the length on the loom.
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