Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Something Green

The St. Patrick's Day warp is almost finished. I learned the trick of using a counting thread to separate the bunches for rough sleying and it worked like a charm.


 I also wound the end that is usually chained. It worked so much better. I never did get the hang of that chaining thing and always ended up with a tangled mess.


 After my apron tie disaster with my Valentine towels, I used lots of heavy string to secure the rod.


After all those successes, I did have one major disaster. When getting ready to sley the reed, I discovered a missed thread way back at the beginning and had to redo most of it-twice. I apparently can't count to four backwards or forwards which is the only thing I have to remember to thread a simple twill. It was a back breaking effort to make up for lost time. By mid week I should be ready to weave. Maybe.

4 comments:

  1. That looks nice. The green is going to fun.

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  2. All disasters were my rookie mistakes, over and over! Too bad you can't buy warped thread! It is going to be a beautiful towel!

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  3. I love, love the color on these towels. I'm also appreciative of anyone else that admits to counting issues, especially when crafting or divvying up the last of dessert, ha! Strategically, I will always get a few more m&ms.

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  4. May the Luck of the Irish be with you!

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