Ok I will be the first to admit that sleep deprivation makes me hysterical, and all these guys needed was a good wash and dry. And I really ought to iron them as well, although I doubt I will. In my defense tho, I haven't woven with cotton in a while, and I forgot that warp-faced lifeless garbage washes into very sturdy and neat little things.
I mean, look at that--I havent washed the very first towel yet because I didnt hemstitch it, and the difference between it and a washed one is pretty stark.
Only thing is they did, predictably, shrink a lot. The two square ones I was hoping could be dish mats are much more napkin sized now, and I have once again produced. Small hand towels. Should have cut out one of the squares and added that extra length to everything else. I am still really happy with them though. Especially the hemstitching. I wasn't all that comfortable hemstitching before this--usually I did either rolled hems or fellstitching or else tassels--the last hem only took 2 and half minutes, and it's 190 ish ends. So it's way faster than I thought it would be ! Plus, my mom inherited a bunch of (much finer) handwoven Italian textiles from her dad, and they all had a very short fringe almost like this. Just with like 1/10th the epi xD.
...I really want a finer dent reed.
Anyway. Now I just gotta put my fuckin loom back together, and then the big blanket project that I've been putting off for months.
British wool. Sett 24epi. #262 in the Strickler book - complicated draft but the treadling is relatively straightforward. I’ll be interested to see how it looks once it’s been wet finished.
More like a wrap this one, but still works as a scarf. Mini photoshoot because I don’t have my pins here whilst I catsit but still want to celebrate pride month.
Also I continue to win at yarn chicken so much I might have enough for another warp 🙈
Over 80 hours of work, not including hand making a custom 5ft frame loom. And dying several yarns and roving to fit the color scheme.
It took me over a year because i started with the white tassels (the client wanted navy/blues and white or cream) and then realized that white was really hard to find lmao
But the last month I didn’t allow myself to work on any other projects because I really wanted to get it done and finally…. Finally it’s finished. I LOVE how it turned out.
Here’s some closeups
Really thrilled with the opportunity to weave again. I only do it for custom requests and this was for a wonderful person (they placed it over a gorgeous piano). 🥹