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New wraps, new method

I got KM’s wrap started. She asked me to weave the tails with a different color pattern. The rest of the weft is all black.

I’m now about halfway through the weaving. I have a long meeting to go to tomorrow, so I don’t expect to be able to finish it and move on […]

Towels on the lawn

This afternoon I got the warp of 8 turned taquete towels woven off. Here they all are laid out on my lawn.

I’ve since done the machine hemming. I’ve yet to do the hand hemming, washing, drying, and pressing. I can’t wait to show them to you individually.

Tomorrow I start winding the warp […]

I am LOVING it!

This turned taquete blues warp is amazing!

I like it with a solid color weft.

But I love, love LOVE it with a multi-colored weft.

I’m half way through my warp of 8 towels. The yarn arrived for the next pair of custom baby wraps, and as soon as I get the towels […]

Making decisions

I think I mentioned that I have never before done any fall garden cleanup. Usually by now I’m too busy, too tired, too over-it-all. I changed that decision this year because my house is on the market & I think my gardens have to look at least somewhat presentable regardless of what month someone might […]

Feeling Good

I’ve been making good progress indoors and out without making myself crazy.

I finished the warp of three silk ‘huck checkerboard’ scarves, one of which was a special order. The one with the natural weft, which I was hoping would show off the checkerboard pattern of the design, was a bit disappointing to me. […]