HEMMED IN

My 'accomplishment for the day' yesterday, I hemmed the towels.

Gave them all a good measure and tossed them into the washer.

And after washing and drying, they are perfect!  

(Well to me they are!)  

The towels shrunk 1" in width and 3 1/2" in length so they are 

now 15" wide and 27" long. 

 

UPRIGHT MORE THAN EVER

Much progress has been attained!  

Each of the elements need to be sewn together

 but all of the parts are in place on the design wall!

I did cut the towels from the loom, hemmed them 

and tossed them right in the wash.  

It makes such a good difference once washed and dried--they shrink just right and become thick and thirsty!  ( 13" x 24")

Work has begun on the spindle building adventure!

SOFT AND SMOOTH

I couldn't wait to sample a bit of the newly carded wool by using my favorite drop spindle.  Since it had been a few years since I used the spindle, a lot of dropping occurred but soon enough I had it spinning and not slipping from my fingers!  

The Cotswold wool is spinning up beautifully! 

 I think I want to try and make a spindle whorl on the lathe.

The last row of weaving has taken place;  the shuttle won't get through any more so I stitched the last rows together so cutting can take place and today I will be hemming and then washing the towels!