Weaverly

Beaming, Threading, Sleying, & Gating

While there was still daylight yesterday, I got this far.

Even though I lost the cross (Bad words! bad words!), I was able to somehow reconstruct it and completed the beaming.

And the threading and sleying.

And then a pause to enjoy the sunset hour.

And then the wonderful first throwing of the shuttle. All on the next-to-shortest day of the year.

There was no way to know exactly how the colors would weave up because I did no sampling for this warp (bad doggie, bad doggie!).

Nevertheless, I am happy with the result

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Yes, magic, every time. That's what I love about weaving.

Department of Books:

I have just finished reading Black River by Nilanjana Roy.

Puzzled But Not Confused

I just love these knot dice. For a pattern freak such as I they are very addictive.

There's a lot of this around here:

And a jacquard sighting. Haven't seen one of these in a while. I think it might be lampas, but without shredding a little piece, I can't really tell. The management would not be pleased.

Finally got the danged car washed. Now I can see out the front windshield. 

This is an interesting way of marking time:

A new warp is in the making. I know it looks ghastly at the moment. Does Dog's Breakfast resonate? But just trust me on this one.

Department of Books:

I have just finished reading The Theft of the Iron Dogs by JCR Loreac.

Transitions

What a roller coaster ride.

 

But somehow the shuttle has done its thing.

And the 4-shaft block weave, which I am nicknaming "Trio", is cut off and hemmed.

After a bath in the washing machine it looks pretty fine. A one-shuttle weave (this is a table runner, not a rug).Mostly cotton and a bit of Tencel.

Just finished reading Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst.

The Highs and the Lows and In Between

Well, we got through it.

So far.

There was this:

And then this:

And surprisingly, this:

And just a little bit of this, to keep me sane:

And in the Department of Books:

The Flame Throwers by Rachel Kushner

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.