Fiddling Around

 

I'm 'done' weaving the samples for the next article and I still have warp left on the loom.  So I messed around with the threading (so it would fit 'better' at 30 epi) and - since weaving the *actual* article pieces requires a level of concentration I find very tiring to sustain for long, I changed the treadling to make the rest of the towels easier to cope with.

I'm quite pleased with them, actually.

We are nearing the solstice and I, for one, will be glad to have the daylight hours getting longer.  We have had a string of grey dreary (and wet!) days.  Rain in December.  Can't possibly be climate change, right?  

Anyway, I had massage today and my therapist is exceptionally pleased with the progress I'm making.  But no matter how 'quickly' it may seem to others and the 'usual', living it is...challenging.

I'm now completely converted to the new medication, and I will be phoning the pain doctor in the next few days to see about getting my next injections for my back.  In the meantime, it *looks* like the new medication might be a better fit.  I'll know better once I have the next set of jabs.

In the meantime, I've been weaving my more 'usual' schedule.  I'm hoping the new year will see me well on the road to 'better'.  

There are all sorts of uncertainties coming in January.  I just checked the prices on my books and while the Canada Post job action continues, Canadians can't really get my book(s) - other than the memoir on ko-fi which is available as a pdf only there.

Hopefully US customers will not be impacted by the threatened tariffs on my other books since they are printed in the US.  However, my textiles will likely get snagged in the politics of the day.  In the meantime the Canada Post job action doesn't seem to be making progress, so I continue to hold off on adding new items to ko-fi.

I need more yarn for the next article but again, I need to mail order.  I don't think Brassard uses anything but Canada Post, so I will have to wait and see if the mail strike ends soon.

Last night I started poking around what yarn I have on hand and thinking about doing another warp to weave the fine singles linen on.  No decision yet - still mulling.  Those warps need to be 36 epi so I have to work with what I have until the mail starts rolling again.

In the meantime, I keep plugging away at the stash.  I was running out of 2/16 cotton, but 'found' 5 large cones of 2/15 cotton.  So some of that will be used to weave the above version of the snowflake twill.  I don't feel like I can call it Swedish Snowflake anymore, as I've edited the draft to make it work within the format of my tea towels.

Anyway, I have lots (for certain level of 'lots') to keep me occupied.  I just hope I can place the yarn orders soon.  I would order from someone else, but I need 40 tubes of 2/20 merc. cotton, and I'm not sure anyone else carries that much.  Along with more 2/16 cotton.  I've finally woven down both of those yarns and have none, or next to none of either.  

Back to the tea towels.  All *that* yarn needs to be woven, too.