When I was a very new weaver, one of the first pieces of cloth that draw my attention was a handspun, handwoven gray wool. The structure was plain weave, there was nothing flashy about it, but it invited you to caress it and enjoy its slight variations in tone. As. I recall, the warp and weft were balanced: same epi and ppi.
But as I jumped ahead willy-nilly in my weaving self-education, and followed my personal rabbit holes of loom-controlled structure, I never got around to covering some of the basics. It seems that now is the time to repair some of those omissions.
From my stash I pulled some skeins of handspun woo/linen blend. This yarn was spun and plied a couple of years ago from a carded blend purchased at Lofty Fiber. It was a dream to spin and was just waiting for the perfect opportunity to shine. I warped my rigid heddle loom at 10 epi. So far I am getting a comfortable beat of almost 10 ppi. I expect that after the tension os released and this piece is wet finished I will get a balanced cloth. We’ll see.
Weaverly 
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