Category: towels
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Going, Going…Gone
Just one copy left of A Good Yarn: Cotton…edited to say the last one just sold… Still loads of A Good Yarn: Rayon, Weave a V and Magic in the Water on cd (one) or flash drive. I will be posting photos of tea towels tomorrow – life got a bit busy/complicated and I didn’t…
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Weekend Weaving
Got started weaving on the teal/turquoise towel warp yesterday. The warp is only 20 yards so I’m hoping to get it off this coming week, so potentially these towels could also be bought on the ‘buy two items, get free shipping’ offer I posted yesterday which runs to the end of July (2014 – because…
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Happy Birthday, Baby!
Yesterday I said I was going to announce a ‘special’ on my publications. Traditionally I have done this as a combination Canada Day/July 4/my birthday offering. So, here’s the deal. I have produced Magic in the Water; wet finishing handwovens. This is now OOP as a ‘real’ book, but available on CD (3 copies), on…
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Progress
First four ‘spa’ towels ready to be shipped – love the way individual threads magically turn into whole cloth after wet finishing. Progress has been much slower than I would like due to a couple of things – my back is still giving me fits so I have to pace myself more slowly, then the…
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50 Yards
So what does a 50 yard long warp look like? Like this. Sectional beaming – the only way to go in this instance imho… No, this isn’t the longest warp I’ve ever done. In spite of Life Happening in a mild sort of way, I have managed to get this warp nearly done the beaming…
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Endings, Beginnings
This afternoon I cut the 30 yard warp off the loom. As soon as I strip the thrums off I will jump all over that 50 yard warp that is next in the queue. Weaving, like life, is full of endings – and beginnings. Warps end. Bobbins run out. We learn how to deal with…
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The Runner Stumbles
Since arriving home from the coast I had been steadily making good progress and not even working terribly hard at getting what needed doing, done. And then I caught Doug’s nasty virus. With just days to go before the Big Project! So I have eased off somewhat, taking things a bit ‘easy’ (or easier than…
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Tired, Not Bored
I can’t say I get bored, but I do get tired. Bottom line is, I’m tired of doing these towels. The first couple warps were interesting as I pursued a new design, but I’m anxious to get cracking on the Big Project samples and these last few warps are becoming a bit of a roadblock…
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Phase of the Moon?
Today was a lovely sunny day and I ought to have been filled with energy. Not so much. I don’t know why I struggled to stay focused and get this warp ready to weave on, today, but I did. I kept thinking of things I ought to be checking on the internet – excuses, all…
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Snow Day
In spite of a prediction of snow again today, the skies cleared and the sun was brilliant. But look how much snow we have! You can’t even see the top of the pile in front of our house as both Doug and our neighbour to the north struggle to keep our driveways clear. Yes, the…