{"id":4081,"date":"2012-09-28T19:51:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T00:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2012-09-28T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T00:51:06","slug":"comfy-cozy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2012\/09\/comfy-cozy\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfy Cozy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a special order for a baby blanket. From a grandma. I asked questions about colors, fibers, sizes, and so forth, and grandma consulted with mom to make sure we’d get it right. The decision was cotton flannel in a custom dyed blend.<\/p>\n

\"Jenny's<\/a>
\nSo of course I went to Tammy<\/a>, my wizard with a dye pot. We decided to use a modification of one of her standard colorways, adding some green to make it more like what mom wanted. I also had Tammy send me a skein undyed, since mom wanted a touch of cream or white in the blanket. <\/p>\n

After some difficulty finding the yarn, Tammy came through. The yarn arrived, and it was so scrumptious that I changed my plan. I had ordered enough to weave three baby blankets, but decided to change that to just the one special order baby blanket & a shawl. I sell way more shawls than baby blankets.<\/p>\n

Actually, I wove the shawl first, because I knew I wanted the shawl warp to be all the hand painted yarn, but I needed some stripes of the undyed yarn in the baby blanket. Figured it was easier to change out the colored yarn for white for a short length at the end than the other way around.<\/p>\n

So here’s the shawl draped on Dolly.
\n\"handwoven<\/a><\/p>\n

Doesn’t that look like you could just melt into it? <\/p>\n

With the close up you can see the yummy texture in the yarn.
\n\"cotton<\/a><\/p>\n

Although I am always amazed at how poorly I can predict what my customers will or won’t like, I do think this shawl will sell at my next show. If not, I’m not worried – I have three more before the season is over, and it will sell at one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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