Got the blue warp weaving this evening. One sleying error, spotted after completing towel #1. It was one of those threads that simply did not weave into the cloth and rode along behind, invisible until I looked at the back of the cloth.
Oh well – it will go to a good home as I have several friends who will adopt my ‘orphans’.
On the last 2/20 merc. cotton warp I used 40 epi and could not beat the weft in to square so this time the set got changed to 36. I’m having to coax it a bit, but the twill lines are about 45 degrees and the pattern isn’t at all elongated so I think it will be okay. Depends how much the cotton contracts compared to the linen during wet finishing.
The design seems particularly appropriate – a scattering of snowflakes and snowballs – even though we are having unseasonably warm weather. The snow is melting away as though it’s March not January and Sunday I slipped and fell on the ice.
Since I’m blessed with ‘big’ bones I just have a few scrapes and bruises – nothing broken. Don’t know what I’d do if I broke an arm! Guess I’d have to put a wide warp on and use the fly shuttle.
Currently reading Mean Streets – a collection of four novellas including Jim Butcher (one of my favs). The other three are new to me.