I bought the Melting Ice scarf kit, considering myself an Advanced Beginner inasmuch as I have been weaving for over a year on a daily basis. I was disappointed that the 2 silk yarns were skeins rather than on spools since I lack the equipment and expertise to wind ,these myself and frankly, having spent this much money I didn't much want to turn around and buy a swift and another tool to wind a silk bobbin. I have bought silk yarn from JST and always paid extra to have it wound. The kit itself made no reference to how the silk was being sent and it never occurred to me to ask.I wanted to leave a review alerting other potential customers about this inasmuch as it cost me $24 to return this kit to you. but your website didn't allow me to do so despite being a guild member and having purchased the kit. I then noticed that none of the scarves have reviews. What's up with this? Considering the expense of these kits, I would like to know what other customers think of a kit before I purchase again and end up wasting money I don't have. It would have been very helpful to have known in advance that the silk is in a skein so I could have made an informed purchase. Thanks for your consideration with this.

Diana, often I put the skein on the chair. I then wind a ball by hand. It could also go on the legs. Another use for the warp board is to hook the skein on two pegs and wind it off the board. Sometimes having those extras is fine but most times it is unnecessary. Best wisehs

This is currently on my Louet SpringI loom and I am having a devil of a time with the warp - the 40/2 linen warp is breaking - especially but not exclusively at the selvidges. I’ve loosened the tension, I’ve sprayed the linen but continue to weave no ,ore than a few inches when another breakage occurs. I did not experience this with the 30/2 euroflax and I doubt that I will be motivated to try the 40/2 linen again. It’s really frustrating - would love one of Jane’s future episodes to focus on linen, and in particular, the linen JST sells. Having said that - the sample is gorgeous, just enormously frustrating.
Shula