I have been weaving. Mainly dishtowels. They have become a Christmas staple for friends and family. I like weaving scarves and shawls and the like but let's face it, most people only need one or two of those. Who can't use a couple of new dishtowels every year though?
I wove my first dishtowels in 1999 and had done a few more warps since then. In 2010, I did 50 towels in two warps. In the last 7 months I have wove over 100 I think, along with some other projects.
Dishtowels are great because you can play a lot with design and color on a small scale. I put on one 20 yard warp and told myself I would be good and weave all the towels with the same color weft. That lasted all of two towels. I ended with 11 variations.
I still warp sectionally and a 10 yard warp is considered around here as slumming it! I did a 2 yard sample warp and my daughters were teasing me because it was so, well, unlike me.
I will throw up pictures and descriptions of the various warps and designs and try to cover the last 7 months. Here are a few pictures of various items though.
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