Gobsmacked

It is a very rare occasion when I am left without words.

So it was today when I opened an unexpected parcel from a friend. 

Pardon this less than wonderful photo - it was the best I could for the moment.  Right now I am thinking where it will be hung - probably in the studio if I can find just the right place for it.

The weave structure is overshot.  My friend was very canny and kept this a complete secret, only mentioning that she was working on some overshot.  A not unusual thing for her to be doing.  But let me copy the info from the back:

"In celebration of the Laura Fry Weaving Studio 1977-2019

Hand woven by Sheila Carey January 2020

The warp and tabby weft are 100/60 polyester core cotton (sewing thread) and the pattern weft is 60/2 silk.

The Overshot designs are based on three different 'name draft' tables.   The upper left used the words "Laura Fry Weaving Studio", the centre is "Nineteen seventy-seven to twenty nineteen" and the lower right is "AVL Number one eighty-one"

The cardboard below is from the original back of the antique photo frame belonging to the Carey family."

I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into this and I was literally without words.

I humbly say thank you to my friend of too many years to mention.  I will get a better photo once it has been hung on the wall.