Hemming and Washing
double fold
Constance and the Quimper Hitty human’s canvas-weave linen is off the loom, and ready to finsh!!
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overcast
Since the floating selvedges were prone to breaking we’ve double-folded and overcast all four edges, not just the cut warps.
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Measuring
Constance helped measure the cloth before and after we washed it…As expected, it shrank a lot in the warp direction (two inches) and not so much in the weft direction (half an inch). This is because the warp is under more tension than the weft during weaving. Miraculously, the cloth ended up square!
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Done!
We love our nice scrubby wash cloth!
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Beautiful work!
Thank you very much! I love these plain patterns and the natural linen.
amazing
It is amazing – even a lowly washcloth can be woven with love!
Wow, that is so impressive. What a marvel your work is.
Hope this means that the headache is gone.
Dreadful Lurgy is sidling away slowly, kicking and screaming…thanks for your kind comments on the weaving!
as always I am quite amazed that Constance and the Quimper human are able to create fabric from a bunch of threads!! We here in Mo. salute you both!!
We love turning string into cloth – it is magic worthy of Rumpelstiltskin!
Oh how very lovely that new washcloth is. Constance and QH human make a great weaving team.
We like to work together: burdens are lighter and the chores go more quickly; and the fun is magnified with company!
It seems that you are finding plenty to do after retirement. What lovely linen weaving. Constance is so pretty in her royal purple pinny, too.
We definitely are hoping to do some more weaving now that we have more available time. We find that weaving is very satisfying and productive!