What a slacker!
I know it's been several weeks since I posted, and I only have a thin excuse. I've either been too busy between work, weaving, family, or I've felt like I've had nothing blog worthy. The lament of all bloggers at one time or another, I think.
On the weaving front, I wove a set of 5 pinwheel towels, which is a pattern that I've admired for quite awhile. I chose to weave them in aqua and natural, partially because the the lady that runs the little shop that sells some of my handwovens keeps wanting things in aqua/teal. She says they always sell well. That remains to be seen, at least at her shop, but I have no towels left to sell myself! Two coworkers bought one each, and another person purchased 2, one for herself and one for a friend. So one of my future projects will be to weave another set of these. I really need to send a few things to the shop near Augusta, since I haven't sent her anything new in a very long time.
So here's a photo or two of the towels before I sold them:
After the towels, I felt an odd void, a disinterest in weaving. I just didn't know what I should weave, or what I WANTED to weave. So I didn't. It wasn't long, though, before inspiration struck. I ordered two kits, each with a project whose weave structure I have never tried before. One is for an overshot table runner in subtle yellow and cranberry, and the other is for a shadow weave shawl in bamboo. I've never woven with bamboo, either, so that kit will be a learning experience in multiple ways. While waiting for the kits to arrive, I still had the weaving bug, and decided on yet another kind of towels. I needed a cone of 8/2 cotton in white and wouldn't you know it, but my LYS is backordered for that yarn. SOOO, switch gears again, and I've just started a summer and winter towels set, woven in 10/2 cotton. The threading will take awhile (464 ends!), but once that is done I'm hoping for a quick weave. The kits are here and waiting, and the backordered yarn should be coming fairly soon, so plenty to do.
And, just to try something different, I spun up some yarn this past week. I haven't spun anything in awhile, and even then I used my spindle, but I started to think that I should give my wheel another try and make the effort to not overspin. The fiber is 80% BFL wool and 20% silk. Really nice! The yarn is nice and squooshy, in shades of purples and yellows, and it has a nice sheen. I decided on a 2 ply for this yarn, and ended up with 192 yds of sport weight. Now to find a pattern!
On the weaving front, I wove a set of 5 pinwheel towels, which is a pattern that I've admired for quite awhile. I chose to weave them in aqua and natural, partially because the the lady that runs the little shop that sells some of my handwovens keeps wanting things in aqua/teal. She says they always sell well. That remains to be seen, at least at her shop, but I have no towels left to sell myself! Two coworkers bought one each, and another person purchased 2, one for herself and one for a friend. So one of my future projects will be to weave another set of these. I really need to send a few things to the shop near Augusta, since I haven't sent her anything new in a very long time.
So here's a photo or two of the towels before I sold them:
And, just to try something different, I spun up some yarn this past week. I haven't spun anything in awhile, and even then I used my spindle, but I started to think that I should give my wheel another try and make the effort to not overspin. The fiber is 80% BFL wool and 20% silk. Really nice! The yarn is nice and squooshy, in shades of purples and yellows, and it has a nice sheen. I decided on a 2 ply for this yarn, and ended up with 192 yds of sport weight. Now to find a pattern!
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