marching on

so happy to welcome March!the tea towels are finished

the same threading as the towels woven in December

little blocks of log cabin between the stripes

 small changes made to weft colours to keep myself interested

but the results are not dramatic

“dramatic tea towels” – that is worth thinking about

and March’s pages are well on the way

six little “inchies” on one page

(click to make larger)

the other page is a mini sampler – this is fun

the white threads are paper yarn

it worked well on the stiff linen page

and even knotted in the bottom row of coral stitch

inspired by an article in the magazine Kateigaho

and a big basket of cut rags

“mottainai”  the Japanese term for waste not, want not

(my mother taught this concept almost daily)

not a bad philosophy to follow!

rag weave place mats, ready to go on the loom

because I had a limited amount of the indigo dyed cotton

I wound three warp chains – the two blue selvage chains first

that way if I ran out of yarn I could make changes

 there was enough to complete the warp

with a tiny bit left, whew!