I keep costs down by acquiring odds and ends of yarn - though I became so well stocked that I doubt I will work my way through all the things I have.
I know I have some linen yarns, and silk, lambswool, cashmere - if the moths have not got it, wool, cotton - and loads of man made fibres. I used to dye a lot of yarns to get the colours I needed - and I also put in a lot of work to create unique yarns by twisting together singles to make finished yarns.
I have used hand spindles for the twisting - though I do have one mounted on an electric motor.

The only looms I have are toy ones, limited in the width and length of cloth they can produce, and only plain weaving too, but they are very satisfying to use.

When I was doing weaving quite regularly I used to have a set of double threads fixed onto the feeder bar, so to set it up for a project I just twisted the new warp through the loops and pulled it back though the loom, no threading through little slots. I don't know if that would help with threading up a more complex loom, but it certainly saved me time with the toy ones.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: