Category: tea towels
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Back in the Saddle
Orders are starting to taper off and I had no appointments today so I determined to finish setting up the AVL and at least weave one towel. It’s been ages since I’ve woven and as a result, I’ve lost muscle tone. As with any physical activity, the best strategy is to begin slowly and re-build…
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Order
end of a towel showing part of the motif and the hem area… One of the things that really appeals to me is how the threads march steadfastly in order as I weave them into the cloth. Yes, I know about the threading error in that block. No, I’m not going to ‘fix’ it. It…
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Flawed
Yes, I did indeed make a threading error, leaving out a repeat of a block. Once seen, cannot be unseen. But, on the other hand, the ‘flaw’ won’t in anyway affect the ability of the tea towel to dry dishes, so I’m not fixing it. I am, on the other, other hand, dealing with another…
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Birthday Week Bash
Two available. $32 each One each colour. $32 each Two available. $32 each Above 80% cotton 20% linen One available. 100% cotton. $28. 7 available. $32 each. Snails Trails and Cats Paws traditional design. 2/16 cotton warp, 2/16 votyolin weft. 80% cotton 20% linen 8 available. Snails trails and cats paws traditional design. 50% cotton.…
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Black Friday
The above photos are four of the 8 tea towels/table centres currently listed on my on line shop with more to come next week. I’d just like to remind people that prices include free shipping to the US and are listed in those tiny Canadian dollars. Therefore a ‘bargain’? Interweave Press is also having a huge…
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One Down, Two…
The first show of my craft fair season is done and dusted. I have a few days ‘off’ to try and tame this cold – because man, I feel miserable! Thank goodness Doug doesn’t mind selling. I pretty much sat in the background and let him deal with it. The photo is of a traditional…
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It’s Own Time
I have visited the province of Dalarna, Sweden several times and as such have also visited a number of glassworks and gotten to know a little bit about glass as a material. One of the phrases heard about glass is that it ‘has it’s own time’. In other words, the glass worker must tease it…
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Bumps
Life is full of bumps, lumps, twists and turns. The last couple of warps that I put onto the AVL I had some errors that required fixing and this time I decided I needed something that would be simpler to set up. It’s also something that many people find attractive – a twill block version…
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Loom ‘Waste’
This is the loom ‘waste’ left over after weaving 10 towels. It is less than 2 ounces. Add the ‘waste’ at the beginning where I tied on, and the loom waste comes to about 2 ounces, or about $2. I don’t fuss too much about the amount of ‘waste’ involved in weaving. As I’ve said…
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Slowly
I forget how many towels are in this stack – 70? 80? Doug went pressing yesterday so there are 20 more waiting for me to hem while these wait for Doug to have time to go pressing again. Plus all the ones that are in the later stages of production – some already tagged, some…