This rug took a looooong time to complete. Switching pitch in the middle of the loom was confusing - and I mean confusing on every row! Muscle memory is a challenge to change.
I envisioned this rug without the red middle stripe; however, as the rug progressed I realized that I should NOT have been twining from both ends. Had the two ends reached the middle the pattern would have been "off" by one warp twine.
Next time, should there be one, I will only twine from one end.
You can tell I am still a novice at this color changing bit. I need to take more care with which weft is on top of the warp when I change the color. See the difference in the widths of the solid frame? They are exactly the same number of warps wide, but appear different widths due to the color of the weft going over the warp on top.
Folks have commented that this rug looks like a finger print; indeed it does. A fingerprint rug to collect footprints! I love the very thought and image.
I have a companion rug to this on the loom now; it will feature vertical "stripes" in red and white, plus some edge to edge same pitch twining.