The Blues, The End

The Blues are Complete and on their way to the washer

This is towel #6, the final towel!  

 I decided to do all blues again because it really IS my most favorite combination! 

 

 I just love this pattern soooo stinkin' much!!!  I am leaving this warp on the loom for a few days until I decide what to do next.  I might have to do another set of these...

 

Of course, Zip always has to investigate something new.  That silly cat!  (He even makes daily rounds through the house at similar times of the day to check things out... like very night at dinnertime he meows at the laundry closet... hmm...)  His orange fur looks SO orange against this set of values that are completely opposite of orange!

The Blues #4 & #5

First, I shall start with the good news.  Well, it's an all-good-news-day today!  Just one of those lucky days in 365, I guess!

Today is THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!  I'm so happy that I feel like a kid again!  My hubby teases that he's not sure who is happier for the last day of school, the kids or the teachers!  I will have mega time again now!  2 whole months to do what I please, when I please!  That most certainly will be nice!  I do worry a little bit about next year because they are spicing things up a bit, but I have 2 months to adjust to that, too.  By the time it gets here, I will be ready to go again and pick up where I left off or start something completely new.

In other good news, I have woven towel #4.  I used 5 shades of blues again because I liked the all blues towels so much!  I decided it really is my most favorite!
 

Towel #5 I decided to do a combination of everything up to this point.  So I took out the most dark and the most light blues and replaced then with some purples and a green.  The reason why I only used one shade of green is because one of the blues was more like a blue/green.  I thought it would be a good in-between shade.  Here are my 5 colors:

I think it looks really fantastic!

I can't decide what to do for the very last towel, #6.  I was thinking some yellow, green, and blue might be intriguing... or I might just be boring and do another "shades of blues" towel!  I guess I will have to see when I get there!

Greens in The Blues

Because I love blue and green so much, this takes my breath away!

Sooooo pretty, if I might say so myself!!!!

Purples in The Blues

 The shades of blues were looking marvelous!  I decided that I want to try other color combinations on this warp.  This next towel rotates between 3 shades of purple in the weft. 

 

 

These are the 3 shades of purple I am using: 

This weave structure is a MIRACLE!!!  I think it's my new favorite weave!
Sharon claims she needs a 12-step program because she's so addicted!  I GET IT NOW!
Look at all the cool color combinations!

And I love the different sizes of squares throughout!

And the texture?  It's just AMAZING!!  I can't wait to feel it when it's all washed up!

 Next time will be shades of green!

Speaking of shades of green, anywhere from 2-8 weeks and we might see something starting to sprout for the garden!  I plan on sprouting them here and then planting them later.  I might have better luck that way!

When I get enough containers again, I want to sprout a few varieties of tomatoes.

Yummies will be coming!

The Blues

Today, I start with the best part... just because it's one of those kinds of days... dessert before dinner... you know what I'm talking about!  Hopefully it will brighten up your duller than dirt Wednesday.




Isn't this gorgeous?!  I am so pleased with the way it's coming out!
It makes me so happy, and reinforces why I like weaving SO VERY MUCH!!!
I'm referring to it simply as The Blues.  It reminds me of Miles Davis' music, so simple, so blue-sy, and yet so full of life and feeling.  It's neither happy nor sad, it just is.

Now down to the dirty bisiness: I'm warping it at a tabby sett, so 24 epi.  It is 2 threads per dent on a #12 reed.  I have random colors and widths of segments throughout.  And I used every dent in that reed on this one!  It's weaving up at 23" across!

I had some P2P2 warp from last summer to use up because I made a calculation error.  There is a lot of sky blue, but I think it will work just great with the other colors.  I tried to make each section a different size, like the Zen towels.

 

 This is my favorite section.  I love the greenish blues!

With weaving this great,
I can't wait to see what other creations this warp has in store!

I'll try not to weave up the cat...

I just love my friend Sharon's (from In Stitches) turned taquete tea towels!  They are amazing!!!!  And I love how she calls them "tea towels" because it sounds a little bit more upscale than "dishtowels."  When I first saw them, I knew I would be making them, too.  Sharon sent me the 4-shaft pattern, but I have my 8-shaft loom available.  So I research online and found an 8-shaft pattern that has the exact same structure as the 4-shaft.  So really, I'm only using the 8-shaft just because I can!

But here is the 4-shaft as well:

I was going through my cones and I have decided to use all shades of blues.  This is something I've been wanting to do for awhile anyway and this is just a perfect opportunity to do so.

I had a pre-measured out warp from the P2P2 project that I plan on using up in this project.  It is 6 yards, so therefore this project will be warped 6 yards!  It will be nice to use up this segment that I have.

I'll try not to weave the cat into my project.  He sure is curious about what I'm doing!

He needs to just go take a nap and trust me on this one!
I think he's having trust issues.
Did you notice his hair cut?
He had a spa day last weekend!  Here are some memories:

The fluff before:

The aftershave:

And phase 3, the bath:

Scout looks, smells, and I'm sure feels better!

Poor little guy... he just can't take care of all that fur.  It gets clumpy, smelly, and nasty!

I don't even want to cuddle with him when he's like that.

So now, he smells like coconuts.  He's our coconut kitty!

And now he's fun to cuddle with.