Category: linen

  • Hot!

    Hot!

    hemmed and ready to go (except for final pressing)   Warp:  2/16 cotton, weft 100% linen Price:  $38 each boxes – 4 twill blocks (middle) 3 zig-zag – 6 still on the loom, same as above.  vertical lines are reed marks which should disappear (pretty much) during wet finishing.  I’m calling this design ‘confetti’.  Three…

  • Rolling On

    Rolling On

    as usual, click on the photo to biggify Here is a peek at the warp with the natural linen weft.  It clearly shows how I deal with hems…in this case it is a straight progression for 3 inches, then start with the body of the towel.  At the other end, the progression begins from the…

  • Rolling On

    Rolling On

    as usual, click on the photo to biggify Here is a peek at the warp with the natural linen weft.  It clearly shows how I deal with hems…in this case it is a straight progression for 3 inches, then start with the body of the towel.  At the other end, the progression begins from the…

  • Forging Onwards

    Forging Onwards

    The photo is a little dark because the view is under the loom.  But the colours are pretty close to real life, so… Today the yarn order arrived.  You remember, the yarn order I had to put in because we sold so much yarn at Red Deer we didn’t have enough for the vendor booth…

  • #TBT

    #TBT

    There are some aspects to weaving that are more…challenging…than others. People can approach weaving any way they like.  Some people find the combination of warp and weft colours, texture, or the more ‘technical’ approach more intriguing.  Some people like all of those, all together or serially. A weaver can focus on honing their technical skills,…

  • Wet and Dry

    Wet and Dry

    towels with chocolate weft The colour is so dramatically different because the towel on the left is wet while the one on the right is dry.  IOW, before and after wet finishing (although the wet one still needs to be pressed). Even so, you can easily see how much the wet finishing changes the cloth…

  • Wet and Dry

    Wet and Dry

    towels with chocolate weft The colour is so dramatically different because the towel on the left is wet while the one on the right is dry.  IOW, before and after wet finishing (although the wet one still needs to be pressed). Even so, you can easily see how much the wet finishing changes the cloth…

  • Wet and Dry

    Wet and Dry

    towels with chocolate weft The colour is so dramatically different because the towel on the left is wet while the one on the right is dry.  IOW, before and after wet finishing (although the wet one still needs to be pressed). Even so, you can easily see how much the wet finishing changes the cloth…

  • Wet and Dry

    Wet and Dry

    towels with chocolate weft The colour is so dramatically different because the towel on the left is wet while the one on the right is dry.  IOW, before and after wet finishing (although the wet one still needs to be pressed). Even so, you can easily see how much the wet finishing changes the cloth…

  • A Day Off

    A Day Off

    It is rare that I take a day ‘off’.  Usually the reason I’m not working is because I’m too sick to get to the studio.  But yesterday I didn’t go to the studio at all.  I had massage in the morning and as usual she asked if I was going to take the rest of…