Here's the back story. This is my sometimes loom; when things are not going right with other projects, I come back to this loom for comfort. Occasionally I forget what's on the warp beam. Like this one. It was a long purple warp that was so boring to me that I stopped midstream and wound a brightly striped warp to tie onto the purple one. The purple warp was still there, waiting, and forgotten. Yesterday as I was merrily weaving away on the striped warp, I happened to glance over the castle, and lo, what did appear? The tie-on knots and the purple warp. Surprise!
I was able to weave until the knots were about two inches behind the heddles. I pulled the knots through, cut off the cloth, secured the purple warp to the cloth rod, and surveyed the situation. Purple warp now in position for weaving. But I'm in a better frame of mind this time, and am ready for the design challenge.