It's finished!
Very colorful, slightly wonky but functional rag runner rug. As you can see, we have a concrete floor and it is cold during the winter, this rug helps a lot.
My big mistake, which is probably common for new weavers, was I pulled the t-shirt weft material too tightly. The side bars on the loom helped but didn't solve the problem. What should have been a 3' x 6' rug turned out to be 2.5' x 6', which is ok. Now I know better how to handle the material. Another issue was some of the fabric was polyester rather than cotton and thinner so I doubled the thickness to make it even out. I won't be using the polyester stuff even if it is free again.
I am glad this rug is not too heavy, it will also fit in the washer nicely.
As for the loom, I will be adding more screw eyes to hold the side bars to keep it from bowing, but not pulling my fabric too tight should also help. I will also add another screw to each side on top & bottom so I don't have as wide a piece with no warp on each side.
All in all it was a great learning experience and I'll be making more rugs as I have time.
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