Knots
Knotted Fringe
Trying to get some of our linen weavings ready to give away for gifts, the red-starred linen was cut in half lengthwise and the cut sides hemmed. Then I ravelled a few cm into a fringe. Luckily for me, nautical Gráinne is an expert at knots, because she had to tie 80+knots in bundles of four warp ends.
Starry Mat
Quimper Hittys 
The Quimper girls do such good work. That linen weaving and knots looks so artistic. Some lucky hittys will get some real nice gifts………sigh…..wish I had the patience to sew.
The blue stars were hemmed and have been sent off already, the trees made into bookmarks, and the little tulips became fancy aprons…we liked this project, it made a lot of people happy!
Dear Constance, you seem to have a gift for weaving…and a great teacher! Beautiful work!
We enjoyed the project, despite the hiccups (the house where the loom was experienced a flood and the project was delayed) We have a warp ready for the next project!
Yes, very beautiful.
Of course the weaver can see the errors, but, we do think the result is beautiful too! The blue and the red stars were our favourite patterns.
Absolutely beautiful! Tying all those knots is a meditation, isn’t it? Very contemplative and quiet work that connects us to all those weavers through the millenia who sat and gently, firmly tied those threads into place….
I actually love knots both tying and untangling. It is so satisfying!
how fortunate that Grainne spent her formative years mending fishing nets and learning her knots! Your weaving is lovely….
Gráinne was very happy to show us her nautical knot-tying skills, and we were very happy to let her do it!
Such a good thing that Gráinne is a nautical knot tier, but not knotty.
Gráinne is a naughty knotty nautical girl…(pirates have to be a bit naughty, and she has a lovely knot on her left bicep)