Saturday, August 4, 2012

Handwoven Handspun Napkins, Finished!

Nearly finished, anyway... They've been woven, washed, dried, and cut apart. I'll hem by hand this evening while watching Olympic coverage.


I thoroughly loved weaving with my handspun cotton. It's soft and textured, and made a lovely fabric. (Here's the weaving in progress, and here's the handspun cotton weft.)

My dear friend David finished his napkins as well. Now we're dreaming of our next project - he wants to spin  the warp and weft for a set of pillowcases, and I want to spin the warp and weft for curtains. He pointed out this curtain in the Big Book of Weaving, and now I can't get it out of my head:


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7 comments:

  1. You can't say he doesn't challange you! Those curtains are indeed amazing! Thanks for sharing the towels, i'm weaving in ends as I speak....

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    1. Can't wait to see your finished project, Alke!

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  2. Wow, Debbie, I am so impressed by your recent spinning and weaving! I just realized the Google Reader hasn't been notifying my of all your posts - I thought you were "taking a break" this summer. So happy to see that you've been busy, and these towels look amazing! So soft... I myself am terrified of spinning cotton, so I'll leave it to the pros for now, although I do dream of creating my own curtains some day as well.

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    1. Spinning cotton is SO much easier on the charkha! You must try it someday.

      I've been trying to blog consistently this summer - I've been so haphazard in the past, but I find that blogging helps me keep track of what I've done and the details of my projects.

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    2. I'll have to put spinning cotton on my "list," though I've no idea when I could get to it. And thanks for liking my scarves. It's always a pleasure when other weavers seem to enjoy each others FO's.

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  3. The towels are beautiful! They look like they are super absorbent and velvety soft to the touch.

    The curtains are beautiful in their simplicity. I can easily picture these in our future kitchen. :-)

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  4. Thank you, Ezara! They are really nice - I loved weaving them. I don't know how long it will take me to spin the cotton for the curtains, but after all, it's the process, right? :)

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