{"id":172,"date":"2010-02-03T09:51:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T09:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2010-02-03T09:51:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T09:51:42","slug":"the-long-long-warp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"The long, long warp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<div class=\"asset asset-image-multiple med-img-mult\">\n<ul class=\"asset-thumbnails\">\n<li class=\"asset-thumbnail on\" tp:fulluri=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b-pi\" tp:largeuri=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b-500wi\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image from www.flickr.com\" src=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b-75pi\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"asset-thumbnail\" tp:fulluri=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0134884c92c5970c-pi\" tp:largeuri=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0134884c92c5970c-500wi\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0134884c92c5970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image from www.flickr.com\" src=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0134884c92c5970c-75pi\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"asset-thumbnail\" tp:fulluri=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c8841970b-pi\" tp:largeuri=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c8841970b-500wi\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c8841970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image from www.flickr.com\" src=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c8841970b-75pi\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"asset-image-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image from www.flickr.com\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b\" src=\"http:\/\/workingyarn.typepad.com\/.a\/6a013486cd6e4e970c0133f52c87ab970b-500wi\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Have you ever seen the 1953 movie, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047191\/\">&quot;The Long, Long Trailer&quot;<\/a> starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz? You haven&#39;t? Well, why not? It&#39;s a charming story about a newlywed couple&#0160;driving their way across America towing, you guessed it, a long, long trailer. The anxiety it causes smacks of real life, somehow, and even with the stereotypical roles, I find the movie funny, sweet, and worthy of re-watching.<\/p>\n<p>So, why am I recommending a movie instead of writing about weaving? Because, part of &quot;The Long, Long Trailer&quot; revolves around the problems dealing with a very long and complicated trailer&#8230; and somehow I&#39;ve created a very long and complicated warp. It&#39;s bothering me. I mean, it&#39;s like nine feet long! And this is on a backstrap loom!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#39;t know what got into me. I have this old acrylic Red Heart that I&#39;ve used for a few small projects, but I&#39;m starting to think it&#39;s cursed. Everything I try to make out of it fails, so I can&#39;t explain why I kept on warping my 10&quot; Beka 8 dent rigid heddle with this long, long acrylic warp. I just kept on warping! And I didn&#39;t even have a project in mind. I just wanted to weave.<\/p>\n<p>So, now I&#39;m stuck. I have a few feet finished with multiple color changes and some really lovely, bumpy edges (yes, that&#39;s sarcasm), but due to my newness with weaving and using a rigid heddle, I&#39;ve found it easier to roll up the entire thing and leave it where it all started, firmly attached to the radiator. Once I unroll it again and start weaving, well, it&#39;ll turn into the movie for me&#8230; &quot;Always think of the trailer as a train behind you&#8230; Forty feet of train!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so maybe you need to watch the movie to understand what I&#39;ve gotten myself into. And if you do watch the movie, think of me during the scene where they slowly and painfully drive their way up a twisting and turning mountain road. We&#39;ll see if I make it down the other side in one piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160; &#0160; Have you ever seen the 1953 movie, &quot;The Long, Long Trailer&quot; starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz? You haven&#39;t? Well, why not? It&#39;s a charming story about a newlywed couple&#0160;driving their way across America towing, you guessed it, a long, long trailer. 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