Now for something different

I haven't made anything like this for years . . . but it worked out to be just the right size and shape to use up the last of the turquoise mohair.  Also a serendipitous find of the belt clinched the decision.  Will just have to watch that anyone wearing this doesn't sit on the turquoise throw !

I'll post another photo when I find someone nice and slim and elegant to model it.  This was one of two pieces cut off the looms during Labour Weekend.  The other is a work in progress so I won't post a photo yet.  I thought I had enough length for three panels to join as a tablecloth but my calculations were not brilliant and I decided the proportions were wrong . . . so it will be two panels only (but longer) and I have sent for more yarn to warp up again for the third.  Sounds easy, but I managed to ask for the wrong yarn!  (Agnes is probably still rolling around the floor laughing.) The silver lining is that I now have a good supply of cottolin for teatowels to make when the tablecloth is done.  In the meantime I have put a warp on the jack loom for white napkins to go with the blue cloth . . . so plenty to be going on with. Can't have two empty looms sitting around!

Navy Wrap Finished

As last - ends finished, fringes twisted and at last a photo that shows much nearer its correct colour.  The light must have been just right. (It was taken with the same camera).  Esther's "bodies" make superb props for showing it off.  I'm pleased with the way the alpaca/silk and cotton behave together and the almost-but-not-quite-identical colours give just a little kick to avoid the whole thing being too sombre.  At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Stash Busters

 I think this time I am really getting to the end of one or two bags of stash.  The turquiose mohair (weft)has been looking at me for a long time and now it is merged with some multi-coloured boucle it is not quite so blinding.  It's not quite all used up but by the time a piece I have on the jack loom is finished it should be.  It is woven in an 8 shaft twill variation.

This piece has a warp of descaled merino boucle and is woven in plain weave with with a (dare I say it) Australian wool weft.  In due time it will become two baby blankets.