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Which I chose

You can see very clearly which option I chose. I’m confident it was the correct one. And since the warp is just cotton, the ‘waste’ of that yarn is very minimal. Far less than my time involved in doing what would have been necessary to make the warp 3″ wider than planned. And given […]

Multi-colored cottons

Today I mailed off the baby wraps to ED & WL. They’ll be wrapping their little ones in just a few days!

Then, as planned, I wound a warp for three shawls.

I used 2 shades of green, 3 purples, and 3 blues, along with a variegated yarn that includes green, purple, […]

Just 2 feet more

Those twisted threads have been a royal pain in the butt throughout this warp. Slowing me down quite a bit and making me take more breaks than usual. When I get frustrated weaving, I have to walk away for a while. Plus, when I stand up I’m often distracted by the zillion other things to […]

Pay now or pay later

Here’s a brand new lesson I learned in my weaving: unwind the hard way or you’ll be sorry later.

I was winding the warp for ED & WL. With every gradient I do, there’s a specific sequence of 64 threads I follow. At the end of the gradient I count to make sure I’ve got […]

First things first

Families are the most important thing. My daughter & her family are so sweet. I enjoy going up to Rochester to visit, and to help out when I can. I’m looking forward to my house selling and being able to move up there.

Yesterday the Fed Ex man brought me a surprise – […]