Category: tea towels
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Tradition
As was rightly pointed out, what has been traditionally accepted can be changed. We are exposed to something – like a ‘traditional’ craft and tend to follow along with what is the ‘norm’. So for me, bobbin lace has always been fine work (in the respect of using fine threads). This quality of cloth…
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Another One Bites the Dust
I had intended to finish this warp yesterday, but I had a crap night and slept in, then felt lethargic all day. In the afternoon several people from our casual stitch group came for distant socializing, and I managed to hem 3.5 towels while sitting in the carport, as the weather went from mostly…
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Another One Bites the Dust
I had intended to finish this warp yesterday, but I had a crap night and slept in, then felt lethargic all day. In the afternoon several people from our casual stitch group came for distant socializing, and I managed to hem 3.5 towels while sitting in the carport, as the weather went from mostly…
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Both Sides
One of the things I really enjoy about weaving is that cloth doesn’t always look the same on both sides of the cloth. Last night I got started hemming the latest tea towels. This one still needs the final pressing, but yes, I do hand hem all my towels. I just happen to prefer…
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Pandemic Towels
I would have to go back to March posts to figure out if these are all of the towels I’ve woven since Covid-19 became a reality here, but it is pretty representative of what I have been doing. There might actually be more in the other room – on the shelves where we have run…
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Perfect
latest towels on the loom – notice the nice straight selvedge after wet finishing, selvedges develop a ‘scallop’ Sometimes things turn out the way you want and sometimes…you get a surprise. So the latest warp is turning out quite nicely. The colours in the photo aren’t quite accurate – there is also a turquoise blue…
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Ready to Go
I was going to title this blog ‘Raring to Go’ but that wouldn’t be quite right. The warp is ready to go, and my goal today is to start weaving. I have enough bobbins wound to weave one towel, and rather than go gung ho and wind a bunch more, I’m going to weave…
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Potential
I’ve talked about my resources before, my ‘libraries’ of drafts that I can browse through, evaluate for their potential for being the ‘next’ warp in the queue. The one open is the latest, the draft I’m using being the one partially covered by the blue arrow. The booklet is called The Fanciest Twills by Irene…
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Potential
I’ve talked about my resources before, my ‘libraries’ of drafts that I can browse through, evaluate for their potential for being the ‘next’ warp in the queue. The one open is the latest, the draft I’m using being the one partially covered by the blue arrow. The booklet is called The Fanciest Twills by Irene…
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Potential
I’ve talked about my resources before, my ‘libraries’ of drafts that I can browse through, evaluate for their potential for being the ‘next’ warp in the queue. The one open is the latest, the draft I’m using being the one partially covered by the blue arrow. The booklet is called The Fanciest Twills by Irene…