Sunday, February 22, 2026
Wow! I sold so much inventory in November at the Meridian Street United Methodist Church Bazaar and the Mystic Bay Holiday Market that I DESPERATELY need to restock! Unfortunately, various family emergencies/illnesses and my own injuries (one that really makes weaving painful) have hampered my productivity since late November. Things ARE beginning to get done, though! There are now 15 barrettes (all different) ready to go, as well as many, many key chains and lanyards. I’ll be posting photos soon! Currently working on towels in herringbone and herringbone variations in several colorways.
Finished these waffle weave dishtowels last week. After shrinkage/take-up/hemming, the dimensions came out a bit differently than I’d expected. I was aiming for the usual 28″ x 18″, but these came out at 29″ or a little longer in length!
People often ask me how long it takes to weave a dishtowel. Of course, it varies, depending on the difficulty of the weave, how many color changes there are, etc. If I work DILIGENTLY on a project, I can produce about 8 dishtowels in 8 days or so. That includes all of the set-up BEFORE the weaving begins, as well as the finishing and hemming. Each towel takes approximately 4-5 hours of work. –And that’s assuming that everything goes smoothly along the way. Things quite often come up that require quick and creative problem-solving. Mistakes need to be “unwoven” or cut out If there is an inch or more of warp yarn that didn’t get wound on the warp with the same tension as the other warp ends, it can take some creative problem solving to find ways to weight all those threads evenly, otherwise individual threads can be weighted by themselves.