Getting started

 As I mentioned in the first post, this all began with a three hour class as a way of bulking out a trip to Rhode Island.  It was a fun class (we made towels!), and hopefully I'll find pictures of them to add to this post later.

I was hooked.  Within a few weeks I bought a rigid heddle loom (a Beka SG-24, which I may write a review of later), and started a scarf.  There were some definite learning experiences, but I wound up with a neat, if asymmetrical, scarf.





I also made a few towels:



Then, of course, I started thinking about moving up...

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