Too much mohair!

Apr 18

Sometimes another set of eyes is what is needed.

Last night my friend Ercil stopped by for dinner. She asked how my current project was going. I told her that it wasn't - I was stalled out. "I think it has too much mohair!"

I showed her my warp chains, and she immediately saw the problem. "It is too much mohair and this blue is too light." She was absolutely right.

So this morning I went to my stash and found an indigo dyed merino/silk yarn that I'd spun up a few years ago. Perfect!

Being on the wrong track had me going nowhere. Now that I've found the right path, I'm anxious to get moving again.

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Esther Benedict

I always knew I would weave. From the time I got my first potholder loom as a child I was enchanted with taking thread and making it into cloth. It took another twenty years, though before I finally got myself a real, grown-up loom, and another twenty years after that for me to decide to make weaving part of my livelihood. I enjoy most fiber arts, including spinning, dyeing, sewing and embroidery, as well as weaving. I haven't give up my day job - I'm still a law firm administrator, as I have been for about thirty years. I like working for lawyers - they're smart, demanding people who keep me on my toes. I keep them organized. I live in Oxnard, California with my husband Bruce, a dachshund named Rosie and a Siamese cat called Bijou.

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