twists and turns

working on the tapestry

one of my challenges is to use handspun yarn

searching through years of spinning for wool yarn the correct thickness

has produced an embarrassment of richesspun over a period of many years they are not all compatible

in the first white rows the yarn is too tightly twisted and doesn’t pack in nicely

the second white space is a different yarn – a blend of Icelandic wool and silk – it is almost too soft

and I’m still spinning the silk hankies

with one skein finished and more to do – the singles were plied with a very fine  reeled silk

when weaving, changing the weft colour in each new block was time consuming

 now weaving with only one weft – beige on the bottom and then red

this shows the progression of the three different treadlings

last but not least  – this is 9 week old Bentley – and son James

sorry the picture is a little blurry but Bentley doesn’t stay still for even a minute

he is a tri-colour border collie, a bundle of joy

I’m feeling a bit like Bentley – too many things to explore!