slower and slower

which is more time-consuming?

finishing things or starting something new

finishing a fringeless tapestry means packing in the weft

tightly to the top where the actual warp and the supplementary warp meet

then threading the final weft on a needle and stitching through each tiny loop of the actual warp

then in order to reuse the supplementary warp (there is yards and yards of it)

I carefully pull it out of the loops and wind it on a bobbin ready for the next time

this is the process I like the least – oh what a tangled mess it can become

from the back with light showing the slit tapestry technique

I tried something new and wove the large areas of background in sections

producing what is known as “lazy lines”

who named it that?? – it takes more work and more time – but I like the effect

next the ends have to be woven in

because I’m teaching myself to do that while weaving there are fewer ends

most are mainly in the small detailed areas – technical progress is being made

after some finishing details and washing etc. all will be revealed

for a change I painted a large sheet of Japanese shifu paper with my homemade natural inks

to practice I made an envelope and brushed on the inks

next I’ll cut and spin the paper

it will be interesting to see how the colours appear on the yarn

finally started weaving more tea towels but they will never be finished before year’s end

the boro stitching is finished

waiting to be sewn into another pillow

and the next piece is already in the planning stage

hoping to include a small tapestry piece

now it’s back to work