Okay, 'fess up! How many of you dug down into your closet to find your potholder loom after reading Syne Mitchell's article in WeaveZine in early May? If you missed it, go see how the humble potholder loom can be brought into happy use for weavers of all ages: http://www.weavezine.com/content/potholder-loom-basics-and-beyond -- I'll wait.
Okay, so I'm not as wild about the loopers, cotton or wool, and I have these cones of the lovely Harrisville Designs New England Shetland that came along to me with the Norwood 40" -- just the thing for playing with color, thought I, and pulled a strand from several cones to go forth and back, over and across: I filled the loom "warp-wise" then "weft-wise" above that, left long tails to play with later, and then interwove the warp lengths, turning to feature different of the colors randomly (but not twisted if I could help it).
What I mean by 21 against 3.5 EPI above is that there are three srrands doubled per end, and 3.5 of those ends per inch in the not-yet-wet-finished item. I expect it to full in the wet finishing and will edit to add details.
I rather like the result, and so does my kitchen.
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