Sampling

I got an email back from Kelbourne Woolens yesterday in response to my inquiry about sett.  She measured the wool and got 18 wpi and since I have this box of Harrisville mill ends that I bought from Allison about ten years ago, I decided to sample with that so I can better plan which skeins of yarn to pick.  Do I want two colors or five?  I don't know but hope this will help me find out.

This is a great collection of yarn but there's only one ball of anything and rarely two.  It took me forever to pick my yarn for sampling.  I just picked color since I have no idea of the yardage.

It looked like a yarn bomb went off.  I had it everywhere.  In spite of all the choices, it was difficult to find six colors that even remotely went together or that were interesting.

These are the colors I ultimately went with and have wound and sleyed a 2 1/2 yard warp that I will thread tomorrow.  I bought a kimono-style jacket/vest pattern from an indie pattern maker years ago and am finally going to put it to use.  I measured across the front of the vest and only need 12" so am weaving this 15" wide to provide for take-up.  I'm anxious to get an answer here so I can order my yarn before Kelbourn Woolens forgets all about me!

Meanwhile, I finished another set of towels.  I sold six at the farmers market last week and have six more to replace them.  There was a seventh towel but it was too short to sell so it's in my kitchen.  Oh darn.  We have three more markets and then the season is over.  I think I'll plan to weave one more set of towels and call it good.