color! bright beautiful color!

Towels are off the loom, and the material is thicker - more absorbent - than I anticipated.  Pleasant surprise.  I have to postpone separating, hemming, and washing them because I got an order for another shawl from a contractor bidding on a project.  Textiles are such a tactile experience that it's much easier to show them off when they can be touched.  Wonder if our virtual world will ever expand to where an item can be felt in addition to seen ...

Picture is of one of the shawls now on the loom.  It's very different than the towels:  the towels were a complex pattern where I needed to keep track of each shot; the shawl is simply over-under-over each thread, then under-over-under on the next 'row'; the towels are rather bland until the color is developed by hot water, and the shawl is vibrant; the shawls are made of a highly textured yarn, and the towels are made of a fine thin thread.  I love being able to vary what's on my loom-cum-palette.