Category: tea towels
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Forest Part Deux
It took a bit of looking, but with the rest of the warp secure, I was able to pick through the repeat more easily than if all the threads were just ‘loose’ in the heddles. By having them through the reed, there was less room for them to tangle and get out of sorts while…
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Onward Stash Reduction!
Yesterday I wove the special order of place mats, re-tooled the warp for the AVL and this morning started beaming it. The beauty of this warp is that I not only didn’t have to order more yarn in, I actually emptied some spools. I have 15 of the cones of cotton slub/linen and I’m hoping…
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Begin Agin
….and here I go again. The first few ends in a warp that will be 764 ends. You might just be able to see that it’s mostly blue with a little ‘sea green’. The threading is another variation on point twill that will likely be woven in an advancing progression. It’s not quite what I…
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Begin Agin
….and here I go again. The first few ends in a warp that will be 764 ends. You might just be able to see that it’s mostly blue with a little ‘sea green’. The threading is another variation on point twill that will likely be woven in an advancing progression. It’s not quite what I…
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Cyber Monday, My Way
Since I still have inventory that I would love see go to a new loving home, and since it would be nice to join in the spirit by having a sale, I am reprising my ‘buy two (or more) and get free shipping’ sale that I did over the summer. What there is: Weave a…
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Uninspired
click on photo to biggify Perhaps it is because I’m still tired. Perhaps it is because of the string of grey dreary days we have been having. Perhaps it is because a similar coloured warp I wove earlier this year failed to sell at the craft fairs. Perhaps it is because these neutral beige shades…
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Next in the Queue
Colour isn’t quite right in this photo but about as close as I can come. The linen (the cone on the top) is actually more brown and less green looking. With the aim of reducing my stash of fine linen, the next warp is another 2/16 cotton and the weft is a fairly coarse/hairy tow…
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End of the Line(n)
all that’s left of 3.5 pounds of fine red singles linen about 30 yards of red tea towels on the beam There was enough warp for one more towel – but I decided I’d had enough. Plus if I’m going to get them cut/serged and wet finished, I needed to be done. We have 6…
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Missed Deadlines
three last painted warps for scarves One thing about being self-employed is that you have to be self-motivated. I find one way to do that is to have very clear goals and a time frame in which I want to achieve them. So deadlines are my friend. Even though they are self-imposed, they help to…
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Scary Warps
Doug has done some more tweaking to the loom and I’m dressing it with another painted warp for scarves so I can double check the live weight tension system, which also seems to need a bit of tweaking. I had wrapped the cable in one direction and found that it was creeping towards the warp.…