A Good Day

Today was a good weaving day. I woven 2 1/2 rugs and would have woven more but I had to go upstairs upstairs to wind more bobbins for the headers. The current rugs that I am weaving are done with the trimmings from girls' uniforms. Someone gave me a big bag of these strips. I thought that these would be just from the hems of individual skirts. I think that it is the selvedge from entire bolts. It is nice, I have long pieces, which is nicer when you are doing this sort of thing. I have two different colors of plaids. This one is mainly white with medium and navy blue. Then I have some that are navy blue and forest green. I figure that I will weave that one with a forest green heading.

Today I also finished off my waffle weave towels. It is alternating blocks of plain weave and waffle weave. It has stripes of red, blue, purple and yellow. I woven the towels out of each of those colors and black. The black looks very striking. The red is OK, the purple and blue look good and the yellow is, um, bright. I am making a twisted thread loop that I am sewing in the hem of each towel. I got the blue and the purple towels hemmed tonight. Tomorrow I hope to get the rest done.

I also need to make warps for deflected double weave scarves. So much to do and so little time.