Bone-headed move led me back to my wheel

Last night I finished weaving another linen band on the mini Wave.

So today I designed a new warp for the mini Wave.  I have had the urge to do some pickup and I want to see how this loom will handle it.  I modified a draft from Hidegund Hergenhan's 4th notebook Around the Baltic Sea, Lithuania 2.  I actually broke out the graph paper and colored pencils.  I am still weaving linen bands, they have all been woven is shades of greens, oranges, tans, along with black and brown.

The card table for the Singer 301 was perfect for graphing this out since my band basket was sitting.  So I have the warp dressed on the loom, go to start weaving, and figured out that I did not wind enough background ends.  Yeesh, it was like I had never woven before.  Now I have this long, pretty warp on the loom that will not do what I want it to do.  I needed to walk away and think about this.

I went up to the loft, pulled out my Lendrum DT spinning wheel and started spinning.  It has been a long time since I did any serious spinning and since I did join Ravelry's Warped Weavers Tour de Fleece 2018, I figured I should put some time in on the wheel.  It was pleasant, I can still spin!

This fiber is a mixed blend of alpaca, llama, angora, and wool.  I have a number of balls of this fiber from years ago.  I never used it for its original purpose, so I taught myself to spin on the wheel and spindles with it.  I also ended up going through my fleece bin and found some merino and some silk hankies, so I am set.  Should be fun:-)