Twisp of Fate

I am so far behind in blogging, it isn’t funny.  Partly lack of pictures, partly “life happens”.

I had registered for a weaving camp with Judith MacKenzie the first week of August, over on the west side of the mountains.  Almost didn’t go due to a weird thing that happened with my right eye, but it has cleared up on its own (not that I didn’t get it checked out).  So in the end I did go and am glad for it.  I had decided to try an idea for “turned M’s & O’s” using 16/2 cotton for the warp and 8/2 cotton or cotton flake for the weft, based on a project from a Handwoven magazine a few years back.

Set up my workshop loom, a “Baby Mac” (Macomber model CP) before I left and wove a small sample.  I recently added a sectional beam to this loom so I can use my AVL warping wheel to beam the warp and thread from back to front.

warp colors in 16/2 cotton

using the new sectional beam for the first time

sample for colors and treadling block lengths

Here are the three “things” I wove during the workshop.  I thought they were going to be towels but the floats are too long; they will be OK as table mats (like a short runner).  I really like the cloth, though. Judith thought I should pursue this idea for either scarves or fabric to make a tunic from.

with buff cotton flake

with light sage cotton flake

with shale 8/2 cotton

Other folks were working on the class project – flokati rugs.  I had done this before in 2011 with Judith, which is why I opted to do my own project.  But there was a lot of energy all around me!

a long flokati rug!

dear friends