{"id":10755,"date":"2021-12-19T15:33:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T20:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2021-12-19T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T20:33:22","slug":"heading-for-the-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2021\/12\/heading-for-the-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading for the countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you looked only at the fact that I haven&#8217;t posted in a month, you might think I haven&#8217;t been doing anything.  You&#8217;d be wrong.  <\/p>\n<p>However a lot of my time has been spent making gifts, and I didn&#8217;t want to spend even an hour of potentially productive time sitting at my computer and blogging.  Of course, I can&#8217;t share anything about my holiday makes until after Christmas.  <\/p>\n<p>I FINALLY got things finished and yesterday went to the post office with four packages going to other states, so here I am.<\/p>\n<p>I did weave another run of towels.  As mentioned in my last post, I had a customer want 4 towels in a very traditional, simple straight twill.  My neighbor tagged on with 1 more, so I decided to wind a warp for 12 towels, with 7 able to go into my Etsy shop.  In typical fashion for me, every towel is a little different.  Because I don&#8217;t have much else I can talk about right now, I&#8217;ll show you all 12 towels.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I didn&#8217;t take individual images of these, but here&#8217;s a 12 second video of the 4 towels my customer requested.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Debbie&#039;s 4 towels\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjOYXj4h4wY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<p>And apparently I can only show you 11.  I guess I didn&#8217;t take a photo of the towel my neighbor bought.  I was needing to get these towels done so I could move on to my Christmas gift making.  But here are the remaining 7, individually, in photos I took for listing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/handwovenscarves\">my Etsy shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I called this one Sunrise.  The majority of the weft is a cotton flake that&#8217;s a bit heavier than the 8\/2 warp, so this towel is very thirsty although it may not fit inside a glass to try it quite as well.  I chose yellow and red for its solid end stripes<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sunrise-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"sunrise Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"505\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sunrise-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sunrise-Traditional-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sunrise-Traditional-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sunrise-Traditional-400x311.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sticking with the variegated theme, this one, called Crayons, is also woven primarily with a cotton flake, but this one is a bunch finer than the 8\/2 warp.  Basic red and blue are the complementary stripes.  Interestingly, the size difference didn&#8217;t seem to matter in either of these towels.  For years &#8211; decades &#8211; I was so careful not to mix the sizes of yarns I used in a given piece; I&#8217;m only now learning what I can and cannot do successfully.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/crayons-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"crayons Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/crayons-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/crayons-Traditional-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/crayons-Traditional-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/crayons-Traditional-400x270.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the season, this one, simply called Red, looks traditional in every sense of the word to me. I just used the same natural for the three end stripes.  I particularly like it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/red-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"red Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"475\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/red-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/red-Traditional-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/red-Traditional-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/red-Traditional-400x292.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since one red one wasn&#8217;t enough for me, I chose a darker color and wove Cranberry with pink stripes.  Personally, I still prefer Red, above.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cranberry-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"cranberry Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"462\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cranberry-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cranberry-Traditional-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cranberry-Traditional-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cranberry-Traditional-400x284.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I moved to colors that aren&#8217;t necessarily my go-to colors, but I thought others would like.  Here is Sage, with goldenrod stripes.  Nice, soft colors that will look perfect in someone&#8217;s kitchen, I&#8217;m sure.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sage-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"sage Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"486\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sage-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sage-Traditional-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sage-Traditional-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sage-Traditional-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For this towel I used some handpainted (not by me) bamboo-cotton blend yarn I&#8217;ve had in my stash for quite a while.  Turquoise, with the stripe a coordinating blue-green-purple variegation dyed to coordinate.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/turquoise-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"turquoise Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"470\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/turquoise-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/turquoise-Traditional-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/turquoise-Traditional-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/turquoise-Traditional-400x289.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And last, this is Clouds, woven in light and medium gray.  The one my neighbor chose was medium gray with black and natural end stripes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clouds-Traditional.jpg\" alt=\"clouds Traditional towel\" width=\"650\" height=\"489\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clouds-Traditional.jpg 650w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clouds-Traditional-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clouds-Traditional-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clouds-Traditional-400x301.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The day after I posted these towels on Etsy, a <strong>TOTALLY AMAZING<\/strong> customer of mine, a woman who had already purchased 17 towels from me since mid-October, bought two of this batch.  <strong>HOLY COW!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did I do anything else to report?  Yes, I sent out a few dozen Christmas cards, using those I made last <a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2021\/03\/and-then-what-happened\/\">March<\/a>.  Remember them? You saw the weaving, but not the finished cards.  I have only one more, which I will hand to a friend.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Christmas-cards.jpg\" alt=\"2021 Christmas cards with woven insert\" width=\"450\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Christmas-cards.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Christmas-cards-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Christmas-cards-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Christmas-cards-400x563.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I do plan on making cards for 2022, again, in February or March; I&#8217;d never have the time in November or December.<\/p>\n<p>Now that all that is done, I am moving on.  Making things for people I don&#8217;t know.  Wonder what that&#8217;s about?  I&#8217;m knitting mittens, specifically 2-needle mittens using worsted weight acrylic yarn and size 5 needles using a vintage pattern from the 50s.  Once I have a several pairs, in a few sizes, I&#8217;ll put them in ziplock baggies and somehow (haven&#8217;t figured this step out yet) hang (?) them in a bus shelter not far from my house, with notes that anyone who needs a pair should take them.  I plan to continue this, and maybe add hats, throughout the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Parting shot &#8211; Jack got his first professional grooming in years, and he looks SOOOO much better than when I do it with scissors.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jack-11-21.jpg\" alt=\"Jack freshly groomed\" width=\"500\" height=\"812\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jack-11-21.jpg 500w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jack-11-21-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jack-11-21-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jack-11-21-400x650.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you looked only at the fact that I haven&#8217;t posted in a month, you might think I haven&#8217;t been doing anything. 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