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Busy as a Bee

Oh my gosh! The weather broke and it has been beautiful out!!!! There is something about having all of the Spring cleaning done that has put a little 'Spring' in my step as well:) This time of year is so wonderful!
I was recently invited to bring my work to a Pottery Studio owned by my wonderful friend Lynn. She is an amazing potter who captivates you with the very verbal description of her firing process. I may have mentioned her in an earlier post. The studio features two potters with unique styles and is located in Ulster Park which is about an hour drive......a very scenic hour drive! I was allowed a rack of scarves........since the weather is much much warmer than normal scarf wearing weather, I've decided to work on my towel inventory. Towels are not my favorite thing in the work to weave but, I have way too much cotton in my stash! Towels could also be a wonderful compliment to say, a tea pot wood fired by Lynn! So! Towels it is! For this first set I went with some bright Springy Eastery colors in a huck lace pattern. They are off of the loom and although I had plans on hemming them today, I never got to it:)

I also finished knitting the lace shawl, blocked it, and dried it! I'm really happy with it except for two VERY noticeable yarn overs in the stockinette stitch center. Oh well......I still just love it;)
I spent the morning working on a plain weave/basket weave combination towel pattern while Jeremiah was still sleeping. I'll post more about those soon;) Happy Spring!!!
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Lynnette said…
Tea towels are a really great stash reducer for sure. I go on tea towel jags and then abandon them for scarves for most of the year. I love the bright cheerful colours you chose and huck is always perfect for table linenes.
April 8, 2010 at 1:25 AM
DEEP END OF THE LOOM said…
Love the shawl can you tell us which pattern it is? And the towels look like a wonderful spring morning, the huck lace is always a really pretty weave.
April 22, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Beryl Moody said…
I love your huck towels. I've always thought that pottery and handwoven compliment each other beautifully. A joint show is on my to-do list --gotta find the potter first!
April 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM
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