It is a very rare occasion when I am left without words.
So it was today when I opened an unexpected parcel from a friend.
Pardon this less than wonderful photo – it was the best I could for the moment. Right now I am thinking where it will be hung – probably in the studio if I can find just the right place for it.
The weave structure is overshot. My friend was very canny and kept this a complete secret, only mentioning that she was working on some overshot. A not unusual thing for her to be doing. But let me copy the info from the back:
“In celebration of the Laura Fry Weaving Studio 1977-2019
Hand woven by Sheila Carey January 2020
The warp and tabby weft are 100/60 polyester core cotton (sewing thread) and the pattern weft is 60/2 silk.
The Overshot designs are based on three different ‘name draft’ tables. The upper left used the words “Laura Fry Weaving Studio”, the centre is “Nineteen seventy-seven to twenty nineteen” and the lower right is “AVL Number one eighty-one”
The cardboard below is from the original back of the antique photo frame belonging to the Carey family.”
I can’t even imagine the amount of work that went into this and I was literally without words.
I humbly say thank you to my friend of too many years to mention. I will get a better photo once it has been hung on the wall.