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2 more wraps out

Here’s the finished wraps, all ready for mailing, for JJ & PW. J’s is a royal blue cotton weft, and P’s a black tencel weft. They both turned out well. I got them mailed on Monday & my moms, both in California, should have them in their hands today.

Meanwhile I am frustrated. I […]

Pick one

I gave each of the three red-gradient shawls their hard press today, knowing in advance that this would be where I would decide which was best for a hands-on jury.

I think the gold silk weft is my favorite from a distance of 1-3′.

Closer than that I think the beat looks a […]

Busy day

I worked really hard today. I spent about 2 hours shoveling snow. Came inside and made some phone calls, vacuumed, and decided I needed to do something sedentary for a while. So I fringed & washed the third red gradient shawl. Tomorrow I’ll press all three, and that’s when I’ll see if there are any […]

Shawls & Wraps

After the marigold-dyed silk I thought I would use periwinkle rayon for the 3rd shawl with the red gradient warp. Before I committed to that I figured I should try some more colors, so I treadled 1-8 with 4 different colors: from the bottom up it’s periwinkle, seafoam, medium blue, and silver. The first 3 […]

If at first you don’t succeed…

This rayon shawl has given me lots of experience in trying again. I’m aiming for it to be my last jury piece for the year, so it’s really important to me that I get it right. (That waves piece isn’t going to show well, even in a frame.) I planned for a warp of 4 […]