Winter Warp on my Saori Loom

My Winter Warp is on the loom, and I've begun to weave the weft. I think that the yarn I am using must be worsted spun. It was very well-behaved up to the point when I had to beam the warp back through the loom, as it has taken the dyes well and it threaded-up easily and straightforwardly through the reed and heddles. 

However, I noticed that the whole warp took up a pronounced twist as it sat and waited at the front of my loom, ready to be wound through to the back, and as I began the process of beaming the warp onto the warp roller, each of the sets of five ends that I'd wound onto my warping board also began to twist together, which impeded their progress through the reed. Jerking the warp threads back and forth as recommended in the 'purple book' did not fix the problem. Winding up the warp proved to be a very slow process, as I had to keep stopping to untangle east set of warp threads as it approached the reed. I managed to fix everything eventually though, and started to weave. 

The cloth is turning out to be very regular with a pronounced, balanced interlock between the warp and the weft. Not so Saori-style! I'd originally thought of making an ombre fabric, but I'm having second thoughts. I think I'll wind at about 20 bobbins in a wide range of colours this morning, and see what my heart says as the cloth begins to grow under my hands!

The warp contains twenty-six colours, all made from natural plants mordanted as shown in the chart below. I still have thirty-eight more colours to play with, so I should have plenty of choice about which to weave next!

Winter Warp
Dyestuff	Alum	Alum+Tin	Alum+Iron	Copper
Chamomile Flowers			X
Apple Prunings			X
Walnut Hulls	X
Yew Bark			X
Walnut Hulls				X
Eucalyptus Leaves			X
Walnut Hulls			X
Golden Rox			X
Oak Leaves and Twigs			X
Rhubarb Root			X
Oak Bark			X
Eucalyptus Bark		X
Oak Bark		X
Oak Bark	X
Birch Bark				X
Eucalyptus Bark	X
Brambles		X
Rhubarb Root	X
Golden Rod		X
Rhubarb Root		X
Safflower				X
Chamomile Flowers	X
Elderberries		X
Eucalyptus Leaves				X
Oak Leaves and Twigs				X
Horse Chestnut	X