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Still playing around with 'snowflake' twills.

I kind of like this one, even though it's pretty 'simple' for a 'fancy' twill.  Since the fall last year, my brain has been constrained processing information, and several warps I wove through the winter wound up with threading errors in them.  Most of them were not detected until after wet finishing, or only really showed on the back side of the cloth.  So, I'm trying to not push my poor brain too hard and keeping things a little bit 'simpler'.

Since the article I just wrote (still in editing stage) was about building with twill 'progressions' it has been good exercise to manipulate some of them to create motifs.  This one appeals to me, even after letting it sit for a while, so I think I'll go ahead with it.

Using all 16 shafts the motif will be fairly large and will present more warp on the one face, more weft on the other.  I'm not sure which side I will choose to be the 'right' side, but I'll weave it by lifting the fewest shafts I can.  Even weaving on the Megado, which has a very 'light' lift, I still prefer to use the least amount of effort that I can, considering my other health issues.  

My goal is to keep weaving for as long as I can, so reducing the work load seems like a good approach.

I have appointments tomorrow and Thursday, and I doubt I will be able to finish the warp off before them, but I should have it off the loom by Friday.  And then I can begin beaming the next.  I'm hoping I could be weaving by next week.

The singles linen is finally 'gone', and now I'm working through some of my other stash.  After this warp I will have to decide which direction to go, or if I buy more of the 2/16 cotton.  I confess I am enjoying the quality of the cloth I have been making the last while.  I'm just hoping some...sanity...will be brought back into our day-to-day lives and dealings with our neighbour to the south.  Because I'm collecting a huge amount of inventory and would love to sell some more.  Until the tariff/not-tariff issues are settled, there doesn't seem much point in anyone in the US buying from me.  

Instead I've been gifting towels to members of my health care team.  They keep me able to get to the loom, so it seems proper that they should get a token of my appreciation.

Today isn't quite summer-y, but it is only the end of May.  OTOH, I am relieved that we have been getting *some* rain.  Right now provinces to the east of us are on fire and it looks to be a 'bad' summer for wildfires.  Long beyond time we should be dealing with climate change.  OTOH, most governments seem to be ignoring it, like they are ignoring Covid, so, guess we'll figure it out, sooner or later.

In the meantime, I keep trying to share what I know with others, here and elsewhere.  And yes, I welcome questions by email:  laura @ laurafry . com