I expected this design to be more of an X and O, but the O’s definitely seem to dominate!
I’m not sure if the pattern should be called snowballs, or raindrops keep falling, or…..?
The lines in the cloth are due to cramming the threads in the reed, although in the picture I see one area that looks particularly wonky so I’m going to have to look at it more closely in the morning and see if there is a sleying error there or just that a few of the darker threads got grouped together. The stripes should even out during wet finishing so that it doesn’t look quite so streaky.
I had delusions of finishing this warp before I left on Feb. 9, forgetting that 32 ppi is that much slower than 24 ppi. :} Not to mention the somewhat unco-operative linen weft. So instead of trying to rush through this warp, I decided to leave some of it on the loom for when I get back on the 23rd of Feb., and concentrate on some other things that are beginning to reach critical mass in terms of deadlines.
There is a load of wet finishing to do, a beginning workshop to organize (March 7/8 if anyone wants to come to Prince George during spring breakup – not the best time to visit!) transcribing, the workshop in Grand Forks to finish getting ready, Fibres West to get yarns labelled and packed, etc., etc., etc.
Spent part of this afternoon teaching an 8 year old to knit. Hopefully she can continue on with help from her mom.
The weather forecast says warm (above freezing) for the next week or so with colder weather returning on Feb. 9, the day I leave for warmer climes. 😀
Currently reading Halo – The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund