I noticed that a warp end was starting to fray, but I kept on weaving. I thought I could make it past the weak spot. Well, I was wrong. The warp end broke. So much for happy weaving! A broken warp end at the selvedge is no fun, especially on a weft-faced piece like this. Looking back, I wish I had taken time to splice in a new length of thread when I first noticed the weakness. But at the time, I didn’t want to be bothered with that. I just wanted to weave.
![Tapestry / inlay sampler on small countermarch loom.](https://warpedforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Version-2-2-6-1024x576.jpg)
![Broken selvedge end on the right. Ugh.](https://warpedforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Version-2-9-1024x576.jpg)
![Tapestry / inlay sampler on small countermarch loom.](https://warpedforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Version-2-4-1-1024x576.jpg)
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![Tapestry and inlay sampler. Spliced warp ends fix frayed threads.](https://warpedforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Version-2-1-6-1024x576.jpg)
We tell ourselves if we do what we want, we will be happy. That’s a delusion. Happiness will fail you. It doesn’t last. I was only happy weaving until the thread broke. There is something better than happiness. Faithfulness. It’s better to be faithful in the moment, even if it puts a delay on being happy. Faithfulness lasts. Next time, I hope to choose the long satisfaction of faithfulness over the short-lived gain of happiness.
May your broken selvedge ends be few.
Faithful weaving,
Karen