Sunday, November 10, 2013

Napkins!

These just came off the loom a few days ago. They go with the placemats, which were the first project on this little LeClerc. They are 8/2 cotton, Bird's Eye, varied treadlings.







Lexi picked out the colors. I like the weight and absorbency. It should mop up little boys table wipings admirably. I machine stitched the hems. I wanted Durable.

I bought another couple cones of the 8/2 in different colors and will warp some tea towels out of that, but first...

I hope to use various mercerized cottons in bright colors and make some pot holders. I brought this yarn with me thinking I might get desperate enough for weaving to buy an inkle loom, but this little LeClerc changed that plan, so I have a limited amount of mercerized. Most of it is 5/2. I think one color is 3/2.



The instigator, or shall we say, creative kernel, for this project was when I dropped a pan of quiche in the floor last Monday. Broke the ceramic quiche dish, huge mess to clean up, and of course, the loss of a good quiche. So, I bought another quiche dish (one with a small lip around the edge this time - the first one had none) and determined that I will do something about potholders. Right now there is only silicon or an old oven mitt that burns your hand. The silicon doesn't burn, but it's also hard to grip anything with it - hence the dropped dish.

Usually I would balk at warping with the intention of weaving hotpads. I have so many scraps and remnants that would be great for hotpads - at home. But not here. So, I'm going to hope I have enough mercerized to get the outside covering of several hotpads. I can pad it with several layers of old denim to make it thick enough. They should be colorful and useful.

I do know I can buy hotpads. All that I have found, though, are either really stiff or too thin. And what else do I have to do, right? The tea towels will just have to take a number.



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