On weaving with a broken arm

Here's how to weave:

Step on a treadle, open a shed.

Throw the shuttle, catch it on the other side.

Use the hand that threw the shuttle to pull the beater into the weft.

Repeat with the other hand.

Here's how to weave with my broken arm:

Step on a treadle, open a shed.

Throw the shuttle left to right, with broken arm.

Put the shuttle in left hand, in order to use right hand to beat warp.

Put shuttle back in right hand, throw to left, catch in left hand,while beating warp with right hand.

Anyone who had done a job that requires a rhythm will see the broken beat here.

I can throw the shuttle left to right and catch it coming back if I do not lift my wrist or forearm from the breast beam.

I cannot raise my left arm high enough and far enough to reach the beater.

My left hand caught the shuttle in the picture below, but cannot rise and move left to make the return throw properly.

I have spent three days trying to weave, and can keep at it a little longer each day.

I have made half a ninety inch scarf.

Emily bailed on me. Teenagers!

Back at it tomorrow, after physical therapy.

On a happier note,

I put on a bra today, for the first time in six weeks.