Queue

 It’s said that the word ‘queue’ is just a q with a line of ue’s after it.  

So here’s the latest draft in the queue.  It’s not ‘done’ yet.  I started with one of the other drafts and messed around with the elements in it and in 30 minutes arrived at this stage.

Now that I can see it the full width, I can see parts I don’t like – like the transition from the waves into the selvedge ‘border’.  I’ll smooth that transition out.  I may also try fiddling with the treadling, although I’m not sure I can do much with that, that will actually appeal to me.  However, I may increase the repeats, which will enlarge the thickness of the wave line and make it more dramatic in a larger scale.  I didn’t do it at the time because the timer on the stove went, telling me the soup needed attention and I haven’t made it back to dealing with it since.

Instead I finished off the warp on the loom, beamed the next, then began threading it.  It’s 1/3 done and should get finished today.  I also ran the 20 towels from the last warp through the washer/dryer, so they are ready to be pressed.  And then I’ll have a stack of hemming to do.  Again.  🙂  And I final pressed all of the hemmed towels so they are now on the shelf in the storage area.

Currently I have 3 warps designed, including the above which needs a final tweaking.  I’m hesitant about one of them because I’m not sure I’m going to like it.  So I’m trying to think of something else I can do with the simple point progression of the threading.  I have two options – abandon it or figure out a backup design that can be done on the same threading.

What I do not have is a void, an emptiness, about what to do next.

Each warp sparks ideas for another.  If the warp is long enough, I may come up with several ‘new’ ideas, or at least directions to explore.  I am seldom ‘lost’ about what to do ‘next’.

All the written essays have been edited and corrected.  I am still considering writing a final essay on how I have developed this series, in case it is something people would be interested in.  I’m not sure it will be of much use, so I’m weighing the time/energy it will take to go through the iterations I’ve done – so far – and how many people might actually find it interesting.

So, what say you, dear reader?  Does following a (not quite) step by step development of this series appeal?  Or nah?