I've been having too much fun so far this summer. Well, that's to be expected. Our Montana summer is so short and so sweet that every moment feels packed. So far, my highlights have been lots of relaxing fun with family and friends, and the ANWG (Association of Northwest Weaving Guilds) conference in Victoria, B.C. I'd been looking forward to the conference forever and wow. It did not disappoint. I'll have to write about some of my conference experiences later. I am currently trying to come down from the clouds and get back on track with my many fiber projects!
I always find getting a new towel warp on the loom to be very exciting. Here's my first (she said optimistically) towel warp of 2017. The colors were a little bit outside my box, but that makes it interesting too.
I used a new (to me) strategy for these towels. I found a pretty ball of variegated cotton yarn at my LYS (local yarn shop) and used it as the basis for my color choices. Amazingly, all of these colors were on the shelves in my studio! Yay! I used one thread of the variegated to separate the colors in the warp stripes. The effect turned out to be subtle, but I like it! I recommend this strategy as an easy way to get you thinking outside the box of your favorite colors.
And here are the towels, all ready for the farmers market, 2017. Today's take-away? Play with color... always!
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