After an unexpected change of venue, the day got off to a start with Stephanie demonstrating how to wind a warp using a warping mill. The principal is the same as using a warping frame. She explained “the cross” – you wind so that in one direction the thread goes over the second last post, and on the return it goes under it – this keeps the threads in order. You need to put ties round the cross before removing it from the warping mill, and it is sensible to put tight ties round the warp in several places so that it doesn’t slip and get messed up. Once the warp was wound Stephanie and Sheila showed how to dress a loom; Stephanie working on the new Guild loom (Louet Erica), and Sheila on her own Louet Jane. Several people had a go at threading, and, when Sheila’s loom was threaded, at weaving.