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Halfway
Watching someone weave is a whole lot like watching paint dry. Nothing much seems to be happening other than a lot of hand waving and beater banging*. But the picks add up to inches, the inches to feet, the feet to towels (in this case). I’m over the halfway mark on this warp. Actually…
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A Reminder
The challenging thing about trying to communicate to weavers is that…weavers come and go. And while I may have written on a topic previously, newer readers will not be aware of that. When I began this blog, I took advantage of the ability to ‘tag’ posts with a topic, and now there are over…
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Another Roadblock
When I went to the eye doctor yesterday, it was in expectation of being cut loose. My last appointment showed nothing wrong with my eye, and the shingles appeared to have retreated to…wherever it goes when it goes ‘quiet’. (Yes, I had chicken pox as a child – I do NOT recommend anyone doing…
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Persistance
Last Monday I cut the beige/brown warp off the loom, then spent the next couple of days beaming, threading, sleying and tying on this warp. It’s now Monday again and 5 towels are woven, with about 13 or 14 left to do. (I also worked on the articles I’m researching/experimenting/writing.) Each warp does around…
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New Addition
While these towels are not actually hemmed – yet – they could be! So I’ve added this design to my ko-fi shop and the BOGO sale, which ends at midnight July 9, 2024 Pacific Time Zone. Yesterday I worked on one of the articles and am just about ready to send the text to…
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New Addition
While these towels are not actually hemmed – yet – they could be! So I’ve added this design to my ko-fi shop and the BOGO sale, which ends at midnight July 9, 2024 Pacific Time Zone. Yesterday I worked on one of the articles and am just about ready to send the text to…
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Favourite Colours
I cannot tell a lie – I have ‘favourite’ colours. After weaving with beige warps for most of the spring, then the pale blue/grey, then beige/brown, this nice blue/green warp with pops of peach, yellow and pink is just the ticket. I did something similar but with a variegated yarn with those accent colours…
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Favourite Colours
I cannot tell a lie – I have ‘favourite’ colours. After weaving with beige warps for most of the spring, then the pale blue/grey, then beige/brown, this nice blue/green warp with pops of peach, yellow and pink is just the ticket. I did something similar but with a variegated yarn with those accent colours…
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Thinking Ahead
Not a great image, but Fiberworks can only do so much in terms of showing the weave structure, especially when it has to be ‘reduced’ so much. The motif is 1/3rd the width of the warp, at 36 epi. This cut/paste image shows the selvedge and one repeat. It is based on the snail’s…
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Big Birthday Bash Sale (BOGO)
My annual Birthday Bash Sale is now live. (I got it done early.) The sale will continue until midnight, July 9, 2024. All the towels in my ko-fi shop are on sale – buy one, receive two for the same price. Most of the towels listed are the ones from the Matrix series, but…