The Quest Continues

 

It was difficult to get a photo of the current web on the loom, in part because the warp is 'natural' cotton and the weft is 'white' linen.  The only way I could get a decent photo was to hold the 'camera' (iPad) at a very low angle and get the shadows of the mostly warp threads as they stand proud in the cloth.

It is a very subtle cloth, but that's okay.  Not everything needs be 'loud'.  And the combination should make really nice tea towels, ones that will work well (I hope) and be a joy to use.

The photo also very clearly shows the dimensionality of this cloth.  It isn't a flat plain, but hills and valleys, created by the threads as they dip and dive in and out, over and under the other set of threads.

I think this very dimensionality has always intrigued and fascinated me.

I am making these towels a bit smaller than my 'standard'.  The warp is 20" in the reed, and they will be a bit shorter, in keeping with the narrower width.  Even though they are more work than my 100% cotton towels (40 epi and close to that for ppi), I will likely price them in keeping with the cotton towels.  Although that it to be determined.

Yesterday I got an order for towels from the US.  I will mail them on Tuesday with fingers crossed that they make it to their destination.

For my USians readers, I found out this morning that what the current president has done by putting a unilateral tariff on all products coming from Canada is 'illegal'.  The targeted tariffs that Canada is placing on selected US products is not.  The current president made it clear this morning that the tariffs he is placing on Canadian products is not due to some baseless excuse as fentanyl, but is an outright act of aggression as he tries to crush Canada's economy in order to swoop in and buy up Canada as some sort of bargain basement purchase.

Therefore, I understand if you don't want to pay a US 'tax' in order to purchase my towels.  My other concern is that the US will shut down the mail between our two countries.  If that happens while one of my orders is in transit, I will refund your purchase.

To people who would rather I keep politics out of my weaving, I'm sorry, but politics keeps intruding on me.