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JJ ordered 2 wraps from this warp – one on the short side and one quite short for a ring sling.

The first is that cotton/hemp blend of my last post. I want to clarify here that although I chose not to unweave the two heart motifs at the beginning of the warp, I won’t […]

First hemp-ish weft

JJ wanted me to use a new-to-me yarn for one of her wefts: an organic cotton/hemp blend. After I got the warp tied to the front apron I spread it and checked for any threading errors (none – yay!) with 3 rows of hearts with scrap tencel. Then I wove 5 hearts with the […]

5 shades of grey

I’m so glad to be back to my ‘regular’ life. Spending lots of time weaving, listening to NPR or books on tape, being home alone. I know this would sound really boring & unpleasant to some, but it suits me well.

We’ve finally gotten some real rain – an inch yesterday and a […]

All rolled up

As planned, today I got JK & QW’s wraps pressed & labelled. I sent out the PayPal invoices and received my payment immediately. So I went to package the wraps for mailing.

Uh oh. I’m out of bags for my baby wraps. Fortunately I had already washed a bunch of pillowcases, but I had […]

Wrap for royalty

QW had me use Havana tencel weft for her wrap, a color that’s new to me. Wow – was I impressed with the results! This wrap looks like it’s woven with gold threads — as in the olden days when the royalty had real gold in the fabric of their clothes. Hopefully this closeup can […]