Category: tea towels

Ending of the darkest of the turquoise and beginning of the paler turquoise weft. Another example of my weaving a cloth ‘back side up’.  I couldn’t get a good shot of the under side (the ‘right’ side) of the cloth on the loom – it will have to wait until it’s been cut off. I…

out·li·er   [out-lahy-er]  Show IPA noun 1. something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands: The mail, along with   eagerly awaited â€œspecial orders,†was delivered to the outliers weekly, thanks to Cap’n George and his trusty steamboat. 2. someone who stands apart from others of his or her group, as by differing actions, beliefs,   religious practices, etc.: an outlier among Muslims; an outlier among conservatives.   Synonyms: outsider, nonconformist, maverick; original, eccentric, bohemian; dissident, dissenter,   iconoclast, heretic. 3. Statistics. a. an observation that is well outside of the expected range of values in a study or experiment, and which is often discarded from the data set: Experience with a variety of data-reduction problems has led to several strategies for dealing with outliers in data sets. b. a person whose abilities, achievements, etc., lie outside the range of statistical probability. 4. Geology . a part of a formation left detached through the removal of surrounding parts by erosion.Compare inlier. 5. Obsolete . a person residing outside the place of his or her business, duty, etc. Recently someone referred to me as an ‘outlier’.  I was pretty sure I knew what she meant, but I finally looked up the definition. I’ve called myself a weaving heretic for a while…

Spot the ‘flaw’? I ran out of the variegated yarn while winding the last stripe so when I threaded, I left off the corresponding number of ends from the outside stripe on the other side. Once is a design flaw.  Twice is a design feature. Currently reading Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear