Denim and Done

That's the last placemat for this warp. I get eleven placemats for a ten yard warp. I think I can get another yard from my warping board which would be convenient since that that give me three sets of four. Hmm.

This is all that was left from the denim rug I was reweaving. I might have been able to squeeze a little more from it but I was done with this whole thing and tossed it away. I saw Julie's pictures on Facebook and her dynamic denim rugs. Tempting? Oh yeah, and no thanks.
I'm more excited to be able to finally vacuum up the denim fallout and get on to color weaving. I can't start on the next project until next week. I have to get ready for Spindle Camp. I mean I get to get ready for Spindle Camp.

I get so frustrated by Sammie, the abandoned dog who adopted us, because she licks licks licks obsessively. Yet she is the one who wants to be with me while I weave and is content to lie here until I'm done. I get so mad at her and I love her at the same time.
I am so happy to finally clean up these denim tails. I got a phone call last week from someone whom I had had contact with and who saw my blog. Did I do denim rugs. Not if I can help it.
I am such a fringe weenie. Here's my stack for tonight's TV amuse-
ment side activity. I'm getting faster and not so fussy.
They are so much more good, awesome, pretty, cool - after the fringe is tied.

Almost May

And we got a dusting of snow last night. I finished tying fringe on the last placemat and someone has staked a claim. I'm new at tying fringe and the first mat took fully an hour. I got much quicker by the end. I asked Hilary how to wash them and she said she didn't recommend it, that it caused the fringe to fray and get ugly.
This is what she was talking about. I used the gentle cycle with almost no agitation and this is what I got. I can't imagine what it would have looked like in a regular wash. So instead of being finished, I had fringe to trim.
I absolutely love the denim mats. All our plates have cobalt blue in them so they are perfect. I made six for the dining room table, which is currently covered with hat kit makings. And by the way, I've placed a link to my Etsy store in the sidebar for the kits I've added. How subtle was that :)
These are the hit-and-
miss mats with strips I had left over from the last rug. These are Ian's favorite. I elected to not weave the 4th mat because I wanted to leave a generous amount of warp to tie a new one onto.

And today I was merry winding that very warp, and when my spool ran out and I went to get the next one, discovered there was no next one. I had a mini-meltdown when I realized that I hadn't read the shipping receipt and my rug warp was backordered. I've straightened that out and rug warp is on its way. Breathe.


Lauren just sent me these photos and I thought you'd like to see high school students learning to drop spindle. She said they did great. I started with her by spinning the whorl while she got her hands oriented and it appears that she has set her students up in pairs the same way. Awesome, Dude.