I finally managed to get on  something of a roll with my farmers market towels this week.  Isn't this a purrrrty warp?  I'm going to have fun crossing it with many different weft colors to play and experiment.  But I decided to start with white. 

So far the first towel has been fun, but sheesh am I ever making a lot of boo-boos.  I'm not exactly shocked however.  It seems like it always takes me a while to get in the zone:  to stop making treadling errors, keep (fairly) even tension at the selvages, and maintain an even beating of the weft threads. 

Why, I was asking myself, do I not stop weaving this first towel as soon as I notice all these mistakes?  I could just start over.  But I guess I know myself well enough to know that I need the practice.  The zen-like moments will come; the weaving will start to flow like breathing if I'm patient.

So here's hoping that, with a bit a luck, I'll get most of my mistakes out of my system on this first towel, the boo-boo towel.  It will ease me into the weaving and I'll be grateful to it for that.  Later, it will be gifted to my Mom or a good friend, someone who loves me anyway.  Or it may end up in my kitchen, colorful, useful, and a wonderful reminder that we humans are not perfect and it's ok.

Holy smokes, it's mid-May and the farmer's market is coming up fast!  In an attempt to have a decent kitchen towel inventory this summer, I zipped to the warping board this week and started winding.  And oh my gosh how I love these colors!  I wound my threads in four bouts (groups of thread), designing the color sequence as I went.  I know this would make some weavers' hair stand on end; I have friends who are some of the most extraordinary planners ever.  But I'm more of a "Surprise!!!  Let's see what happens!" kind of weaver.  And, as usual, I'm in love with the colors and can absolutely barely wait to start weaving and see what does indeed happen.  I'll keep you posted.  Meanwhile, I have three little words of wisdom for today:  Play. With. Color.  It makes life ever so wonderful.