Twisp of Fate

I have been weaving.

Rick and I are exhibiting our work at the Lost Rivery Winery tasting room in Winthrop from mid-June to mid-September.  Toward that end, I have been trying to build inventory!  Down at the weaving guild room, on my 40″ Macomber, I wove another set of undulating twill towels, 13 out of a 12-yard warp.

These were the first four, I am not sure I ever put up a picture of them finished:

and these are the ones I just finished:

At home on the 32″ Mac, I wove another round of placemats on a blue warp.  I got 17 out of a 12-yard warp.  Eight of the ones on the left, and eight of the ones on the right, plus one other I did with a different fabric but did not get a picture.  Four of the ones on the right have been donated for a fundraising “gala evening” and auction on July 13 for Confluence Gallery & Art Center in Twisp.

This week on the 48″ Mac at home, I finished 3 rugs that are the ones I really wanted to do for the Lost River Winery exhibit.  I finished the third one around 10 pm last night, and today hemmed and washed them, so they are drying as I write this.

We set up the exhibit at the winery tasting room this morning and it looks good.  I hung 3 rugs as temporary place-holders for the ones drying now, and on Saturday we will go up and swap them out.  I will get pictures then.  Rick brought up his entry table made from the beautiful western bigleaf maple log, and he has a wine cabinet underway that won’t be finished for another week or so.

Airstream update: Rick took the propane tanks up to Okanogan County Energy (our electric and propane suppliers) and had new valves put on the tanks so they conform to current standards.  Then we had the propane technician come by yesterday and check all the gas appliances in the trailer.  Everything works!!  Water heater, 4 burner cook-top, wall oven and refrigerator/freezer in propane mode.

Tomorrow we tow it to Spokane to the Airstream dealership for a checkover and possible repair of some things, depending on what they find and how much it costs.  We will leave it there for several weeks.