Weaverly

Twenties Two

In the jargon of weaving, "twenties two" is written as 20/2. Yarnies will recognize it as a specific grist of cotton yarn, and it runs about 8400 yards per pound. I used a lot of it when I was doing jacquard weaving. I'm trying to do some destashing here and have used a goodly amount of 20/2 this week.  

First of all, I made a new warp for my dobby loom. It's lavender cotton at 40 epi.

Here are the first few inches, to do some error-checking. Happy to report: no threading errors. 

I'm also using a bit of 20/2 in my rigid heddle teaching samples. Here it is as warp and weft, four strands of 20/2 held together as one, in a 12-dent rigid heddle. It requires a bit of finesse in the warping, but is very doable.

It's excellent weather for weaving. Look what's been going on outside:

Fortunately, we haven't lost any power.

The Lazy Woman's Photography Studio

The samples from my second amalgamation warp are hemmed, washed, and ironed, and before I put them away to join their sisters, I set up a quick photo shoot on my ironing board. Enjoy.

Yesterday while grocery shopping I saw this astonishing sight. Bright blue orchids. My fellow shoppers suspected they'd been dyed. I don't know about such things, but they did stop me in my tracks (the orchids, not the shoppers). 

Department of books:

I just finished reading At Paradise Gate by Jane Smiley. Enjoyed it. Actually, I've never read anything by Jane Smiley I didn't like. And The Greenlanders is one of my favorite books ever. I've read it twice.

Celebrations

This second warp of amalgamation samples has come to a close. Here is the penultimate sample:

And here is the very last one:

And here's a wad of cloth, just cut off the loom and ready for cutting apart and hemming, and then the washing machine.

Now a look back to this past Sunday, the first night of Chanukah. Yes, dogs like Chanukah too.