Monday is the start of a brand new work week. I look forward to it! I remember a day when I didn't....I dreaded Monday and the stretch of the long work week ahead of me. But today life is different and better for me! Retirement looks good on me as I can do the things I want to do. I have my perfect little retirement job at the library which does not require a lot of hours and then I have my weaving.
A couple of months ago, Tom and I discovered another two-harness floor loom at an estate sale which we were excited to buy. We realized that if I had two looms to work on I could always keep one warped for table runners and the other for rugs and that is exactly what I have done! Today I began and finished a little table mat (I call it a table mat because it is just not very long to be called a table runner) on the very old and restored loom which we purchased at the estate sale. I am low on warp thread on both of my looms; so I could only make this tiny rug which will still work perfectly as a table mat for just the right person.
As I have so many fabric strips of various colors, I decided to just make a multi-colored rug of leftovers. Often these are my favorite because you are never quite sure how they will turn out. I randomly pick strips that are calling to me from the pile and which I think will look good.
And soon I have come to the end of warp thread and have no choice but to cut it off my loom.
And I don't always list my rugs on Etsy. Sometimes I sell them at our booth at River City Trading Post in Jenks, Oklahoma. And that is where this little rug will go....to the River store! Come on out and check it out. It should be there by this Saturday. And now off to another project! Oh, sorry....I changed my mind! It is listed on Etsy!!
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