I finished weaving the new set of plaited twill scarves this week and took them off the loom at the guild room. There are seven of them, each with a different weft color on the “Sea Scallop” warp – this is a colorway I did once before, about 4 years ago. Really, it has been that long.
They still need to have fringes twisted, and then be washed and pressed, but I am pleased with how they turned out. I need to get at least some of these completely done by mid-May for photography, as I am hoping to use this for the poster for the show at Winthrop Gallery that opens June 1. It will be a bit of a challenge since we are going away for a week, but some way or another it will be done.
I also got a warp onto Kingston, my 32″ Macomber at home, to start some placemats (also for the WG show). The warp is leftover rug warp – I have many little spools with some warp left on them from winding the 50-yd warps I use for rug weaving. These will be plain weave, but alternating 1/2″ strips of cotton fabric with a novelty yarn. For the first ones, I am using a length of fabric I must have bought decades ago under the delusion that I would actually sew myself a shirt or blouse! I am alternating this with a rayon chenille.
The flowers continue to come out in the yard – larkspur, some yellow flowers (sorry, I don’t know what they are!) and the bitterroot are just getting started. Rick took some pictures for the home tour booklet this week:
and last week we saw a fantastic sunset with Mt Gardiner in the background:
Twisp of Fate 
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