I'm still motoring through woven scarf after woven scarf, and I definitely like the process. While warping itself isn't exactly fun, it is no more time consuming or difficult than weaving in the ends for a sweater. Where I feel like I lack information is finishing.
In Creative Weaving, it is suggested that you sew down the last row of the weaving, but it doesn't give me any idea of whether this would be better done by taking out the header. When I take out the header, the beginning section of the weaving gets a little more loosy goosy. I feel like I should take the loom and weave both a header and a footer to the piece, do any sewing down or other finishing techniques, remove the header/footer and then deal with my fringing options. As long as I don't tack down the header section, this shouldn't be too onerous or difficult. Of course, most of the beautiful pictures of weaving out there show the main body of the work and don't show how the work was finished. By the end of the weekend I will have at least 7 woven scarves finished and 2 knitted scarves blocking. It would be great to have an idea of what I'm doing before that point.
I don't really want to pull out my sewing machine, and figure out new bobbins and changing the thread, so I am considering getting navy and wine colored iron-on hem tape and finishing the scarves that way. I wouldn't consider it appropriate for gifts, but as this is for the theater and it will keep the scarves in better condition and is easier for me than sewing... Well, let's just say that hem tape is winning the battle, though proper finishing will win the war.
