I'm back to weaving again

I have had a pretty productive week, weaving wise that is. I got my Baby Wolf threaded, tied up and started to weave. I am weaving towels in blocks of waffle weave that alternate with blocks of plain weave. I have no idea what I had in mind when I made this warp. It is stripes of red, purple, yellow and blue. It is 8/2 unmercized cotton. For some reason I had it made at 14 ends per inch. I really don't know what I had in mind. I have threaded it at 20 epi. I know that I will have make adjustments in the tension as I go along since it is wider on the back beam than in the reed.

I got a rug warp on the big loom in the basement. It is stripes of blues, forest green and natural. I wove a rug yesterday out of selvedges. Selvedges are created when they weave tripple weave blankets. You those things that have pictures on them? Well, in order to have a fringe on all sides they have to weave a selvedge. These are trimmed off to create the fringe on the side. These used to go into landfills. Something to add to my booth for my "Green Weaving." I need to figure out a sign for that. I am planning to weave a lot of rugs out of recycled material. I will also weave some out of plaid. Those sell well. I dug through just a part of my rug making supplies and I am pretty sure that I have more than enough for this warp. I have some worms that will work with this warp. Worms are from the Pendelton Woolen mills. When they make felted blankets they trim the edges and I get worms. These also used to go into landfills. Right now I am cutting up my son's old caddy shirts. I am cutting the body and the arms into strips. Then I loop the pieces together. I cut the crests off and add them to the chains. I want to call this "Walking on Knollwood Country Club."

I have a scarf warp on my little floor loom. It is stripes of textured cotton and stripes of cotton/lycra. After it gets washed the lycra shrinks and the rest bubbles up. Next I am getting some verigated ecru/taupe/natural cotton yarn. Hopefully this will make some nice summer scarves.