Snow Subtle

 

You might want to biggify this - the effect is subtle and not really seen.  One might wonder why I bothered, knowing that the effect of the original loom state (See Jan. 14 post) cloth and the now wet finished state would be...I mean, why?

Well, I wanted to find out, that's why.  (And they WILL dry dishes, so....)

I'm nearing the end of the single 6 yarn with high twist energy, and having messed around weaving twills and watching them distort into a texture that could be guessed at but not entirely known, I wanted to know - what happens when I do this?  Interesting?  Or meh?

I still have to hem the towels, and truth be told, I'm  not sure I'll bother giving them a 'finishing' press when they are, because - in large part - the whole point of making the cloth was to develop a 3D effect.

I did have one more weave structure I thought about, but I've done that one before, so I actually know how it wet finishes.  And frankly, I'm done fiddling with the high twist energy.  For now.

It's annoying to try to wind the bobbins, although steeping them in the humidor for several days (longer is better) helps with weaving with it.  But when I inspected these with an eye to fixing any 'pigtails' I looked at the rest of the texture and thought...donwanna.  

So I've set my determination to 12, and I'll finish the rest of this warp, and then the rest of the single 6 will go away - for now.  I'm tired.  Not just of weaving with a petulant weft, I'm physically tired of struggling to deal with chronic pain.  And I want something else to 'fondle' for a while.  And the silk spools are just sitting there, patiently.  I'd kind of like to start working on something other than my fine cotton stashes seeing how close I am to being out of so many colours, which limits my choices.

I have enough 2/20 merc. cotton that I can do a couple more towel warps, and try to use up more of my miscellaneous stash of linen, but again, not now.  Maybe come summer when the relative humidity is a bit higher.

In the meantime, I need to follow the 'new' regime to manage my pain.  The doctor seemed impressed I had put a number of pieces on the game board over the holiday.  None of them quick fixes, but I keep trying.  We'll review the infusion today in four weeks, see if it is doing very much.  I may need to continue with therapy for a while, figure out the entangled mess of my trauma/anxiety, and how that is fueling the chronic pain.  For anyone who wants to know more, I'm reading the book with Gabor Mate' called When the Body Says No.  I'm beginning to learn way more than I ever expected about how the body systems are so delicately balanced, and when they start going out of whack, how our health can be affected.  The book is about 20 years old so there are probably newer resources, but this one is geared to the layperson, especially if they or someone they care about is dealing with trauma/anxiety.  75 years ago no one recognized birth trauma - for the mother OR the infant.  So I'm doing this at 75.  Better late than never?

Today I keep 'easy' and will continue that for at least two more days.  Maybe more.  I'm told the infusion doesn't always kick in right away, and my body was already 'fighting' it (hence the therapy - in hopes of breaking down the barriers my body had put up).  I have other things I can take to help, but it's a good idea to take a few days to let my body start to figure things out.  

I am trying, for once in my life, to be kind and gentle with my body.  I hope you are doing the same to yours.