I wrote a
while ago about the tea towel weft I wound while my brain was occupied with
recovering from a cold and I have to confess that it has turned out to be
rather boring weaving. Using the double
harness attachment and a bright red warp on the big loom on the other hand has
proven to be much more interesting. I
have finished the first of the red scarves and have started the second. I’m
very happy with the first red scarf here
and showing more detail here
.
However it’s
the last market for the year next Sunday, so I have reluctantly returned to the
tea towels. I managed to do the first 3
with small squares
but I’ve moved on the other designs with longer blocks
and
fewer colour changes
in an attempt to get them finished before the weekend. They are looking quite good in a slightly boring but classic way and will no doubt
improve with wet finishing. I rather
like the idea of tying ribbons around them but then I looked at the price of even
a simple unbleached tape at my local shops. I decided that at those prices the
tea towels will probably have to stay unadorned. I can find some really good ribbons on the
internet but I don’t think they would get here by the weekend.
Earlier
this year I replanted the garden bed at the top of my drive and included some
kangaroo paws, called that, because they look like, you guessed it, kangaroo
paws.
They are an Australian native, but
Victoria is still a long way from their home in Western Australia. They were just in small tubes when I bought
them and I’m surprised how well they have done,
my only worry is that they are
very close to the foot path, I’m hoping some passer-by doesn’t decide that they
need them more than I do.
