Friday, November 9, 2012

Towels for Stash Reduction

 I recently bought a fairly large number of cones of bright colors 20/2 cotton yarns.  As I looked at my yarn cabinets I came to the obvious conclusion that if I am going to find any place to put this yarn I am going to have to use up a bunch of the partial cones of various things I've got lying around.  Two very good sorts of project for using up bits and pieces are scarves and tea towels.  As a lot of the yarn is medium sized cotton I am currently in a frenzy of weaving tea towels.  The above pastel ones use up three cones of pastel 8/2 cotton that I bought to make baby blankets.  The weft is some white cotton flake that I got on ebay a while ago.

 The ones right above are made with fairly heavy 3/2 organic natural colored cotton.  These are going to be a lot coarser than the pastel ones or the ones below but I think they will do for hard work.  I love the natural colored cotton colors and they will darken as they are washed.  The pattern is a huck lace.




The above are still on the loom and are made with a bunch of 8/2 cotton I bought at the fair From some one else's stash reduction.  The orange, yellow and red yarns called out for a windowpane type of plaid outlined with black.  All three batches are really different.  I'll have them for the 2 big Thanksgiving/Christmas crafts fair this year and the leftovers for Christmas presents.  And, yes, I am also making scarves out of other sorts of yarns.  And my waste baskets are getting full of empty cones.  I love it.

6 comments:

  1. Artur Koestler once said, Margaret, that fortune favours the prepared mind. That obviously applies to you. I am glad to hear that you are beavering away over there making things for Christmas fairs. Those tea towels look lovely. Wish I could pop in for a coffee.

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  2. Fantastic! Do you use a temple for all your weaving?

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  3. Every since I learned to use a temple about 10 years ago I never weave without it. It just solved my selvedge problems.

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  4. Wow, very impressive! I have not exactly been trying lately, but the most I've done has been a loom-knit baby hat!

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