seeing blue
weaving is progressing slowly
the Studio Tour is Saturday and Sunday so there will be lots of warp left to weave
the first towel is finished
the thick weft in the second towel is my handspun cotton plyed with 20/1 linen, which is also the thin weft
the handspun was the reason for weaving bath towels and it is weaving nicely
still struggling with my income tax
half the day is spent avoiding the issue – mostly in the garden
but today it’s raining
so weaving was the distraction
the warp is threaded 2 thick ends and 2 thin ends – which are not always the same colour
it could be the inspiration for some plain weave stripes
what colour is robin’s egg blue?
evenings are spent kantha stitching
now it’s back to warming up the calculator and sharpening pencils!!
You have lots of ways to procrastinate on doing your taxes! It’s all looking very inspiring–I could look at the details in the towels forever!
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Kerry – this weave structure is fun but it does take more time to set up. Lots of practice at procrastination!
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That towel is really pretty! So nice to use some handspun in it too. Have you tried one of the software packages for income tax? There are lots of reminders and helpful features plus it files online for you. No pencils needed. Of course it costs more than doing it the old-fashioned way but cheaper than getting someone else to do it.
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Louisa – I’ve never woven bath towels before, they’re a bigger project than I imagined – oh well, live and learn. Every year I plan to start the taxes early and do it on line but then I fall behind and don’t feel there is time to teach myself a computer program as well as all the rest. Next year!!
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Oh, shoot, I have to do my taxes too! Thanks for the reminder. But you are putting your time in the right place, it seems! Those bath towels will be incredible.And I see a tiny scrap of the indigo dyed fabric I gave you (from the katagami workshop I did at Maiwa a hundred years ago) in your kantha. Warm fuzzy!
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Heather – the patchwork/kantha pieces hold fragments of memories, they are all so special I’ve never been able to part with one.
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Kantha is so therapeutic, not exactly mindless, sort of thread-led. Have a great weekend (and do your taxes, they only eat into your brain until they’re done!!)
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Lis – thank you for those wise words – the taxes are finished, but I now have holes in my brain! LOVE the “thread-led” image and the therapy really works.
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