Category: towels
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Stash Reduction
It seems ages ago I beamed this warp in an effort to use up some of my stash of cottons but I’m finally heading down the home stretch. The bottom bit has a dark red cottolin weft which is now all used up (yay!) and the last couple of yards of this warp will be…
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A Centenary – of sorts
one of these days I need to make a new apron…2/8 cotton warp, 22/2 cottolin weft for hand towels Today this blog passed a milestone of sorts. There are now officially 100 ‘followers’ – although I know there are people who read the blog regularly without signing up as a follower. So, thank you. When…
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Spring Green
The flash on the camera kind of washed this warp of colour. The light yarn in the warp is a bright spring green which I’ve also used in the weft bundle and in which it doesn’t really show at all. However, I think the colour combination will go quite nicely with the pottery glaze called…
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Making Choices
…and weaving commences One of the things a beginning weaver needs to learn is how to make choices. Learning how to choose appropriate fibres for the job at hand, choosing the design (stripes or solids, weave structure, etc.) and how to wet and dry finish their textiles. And so here is me, a lover of…
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Fruit Salad
This warp has a little bit of everything in it. 🙂 These are the yarns from the pastel colour gamp kit, all mixed up, a little bit like fruit salad. On the other hand, it’s a nice, spring-like colour combination, and I’m enjoying weaving on it very much. The weft is a fine cotton slub,…
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The Perfect Towel
It’s always heartening when I hear of weavers continuing to explore after I’ve taught a workshop: In 2009 the Central Ohio Weavers Guild hosted a workshop with Laura Fry, author of Magic in the Water. Laura presented our guild with what she refers to as the forumula for the Perfect Towel using specific warp, weft,…
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More Musings
Some of the towels on the towel rack after pressing Pressing is the sort of job that is necessary, so I do it. It’s not something that I love to do, so I play upbeat music (really loudly!) and try not to do more than 90 minutes to two hours at any given time. I…
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Sheer (shear?) Delight
Teresa sent me this link. I’d love to think the shepards and dogs did this all by themselves. 🙂 Hope the link comes through okay. You may have to cut and paste. One of these days I’ll have to figure out tiny url. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&eurl=http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/remnants/569940/1-25&feature=player_embedded So here is the *last* of the turquoise warp using the…
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Next up!
After thinking about my next warp while weaving the last of the red, turning possibilities over and around, much like a jigsaw puzzle with too many pieces – I tossed all my plans out when I walked into my storage area and spotted the 4 cones of 2/40’s mercerized cotton I’d purchased from Lunatic Fringe,…
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Rough Week
Although I had every intention of cutting this warp off and re-sleying it to weave shawls, this week has not been a great one, and even though I’m not thrilled with the beige linen on the red warp, it’s good enough for therapy weaving so that’s what I’ve been doing. Since my brother died, my…