Loopy cloth

One project over - another is on the way.

This time I dressed my rigid heddle loom with cotton/linen blend to make fingertip towels.

It's not exactly weaving but very relaxing.

A Touch of Spring towels ready

My 'A Touch of Spring' towel kit from Cotton Clouds is finished.

Cotton Clouds were generous enough to add some extra yarn for the kit, so I wound a bit longer warp, and this resulted in three towels instead of two.

Two of them are planned 25"x14", and the last one is 20"x14".

For the last towel I also used up all my coloured warp threads and it turned out to be stripy in both directions :).

Can you see squares here?

A Touch of Spring towels

I forgot to take a photo of the kit from Cotton Clouds when I received it but here what is left after measuring the warp.
Natural cottons at the top are for the weft.

One day when I finally learn to dress my loom evenly - I would become the happiest person.

But as for now - I have to put up with loose/tight ends during the weaving.

There is one really bad thing about this kit. It took me two weeks to set the warp (I could do this only for a half day per week - very busy lately). But... it weaves really-really fast. I need to restrain myself from finishing too soon.

And the towels look fabulous!

Cushion top

I cannot believe it took me more than a year to turn my lovely ZoomLoom squares into a cushion top. Cotton/acrylic blend I used is soooo soft and lovely!

Waffle weave

My successful experiment with direct warping on my Ashford table loom resulted in 3 and a half waffle napkins. Now I can see a drawback of the direct warping. Too much work but so few towels.

The weaving was such a pleasure! If I were not so busy I could end weaving in a couple of weeks. Good thing I had a chance to prolong the pleasure.

Every napkin is a bit different.

The first one has a waffle hem, which I changed to tabby on all others.

And the last one is too short, as usual, but I always like the last one more :)

Aren't they pretty!

 

I like the way the right side has colourful waffle lines, and the other side has lines of circles.

Tunisian crochet debut

Coming Home for the Holidays

Finally I finished something.

That was a long way...

Oct 2014 - March 2015