Learn your lesson.

I spend alot of the weekend playing with my new loom. I got some books out of the library, pulled out my garbage bag full of yarn, and sat down in front of the loom ready to weave my first masterpiece. I'm usually pretty good at teaching myself from books, however I have the unfortunate habit of not believing what the book says. Yes, not believing. This book I have on weaving tells me to use a strong warp thread. This is relative no? What is strong? It specifically says not to use regular knitting yarn for warp while you are using. What is "regular" knitting yarn anyway? So I chose not to heed this advice and measured out 2 yards of warp using my "regular" one ply knitting yarn. Got it all threaded through the reed and heddles, tightened and tied everything up. So far so good. Start weaving. So far so good for about 6 inches. Warp thread #1 breaks. Not a satisfying snap but a slow pulling apart of the yarn. Fix broken warp #1. Weave for 2 more inches. Warp thread #2 breaks. Rip entire project from loom. Okay book I believe you now.