Trouble, and the bright side.

PLEASE NOTE: This piece has been donated to a lending Library, and is no longer available.

I had a little trouble measuring last week (That is what happens when you work late at night, lesson learned.), which means that the piece I was weaving ended up much shorter than planned. It was more than a little upsetting for me, but I fortunately have a very understanding client.

The upside of all of that is that my client (who is ten kinds of awesome for being so understanding) has a custom spot, and someone will get a really nice piece of weaving.

Here are the details:

The piece is 2.45m long (8 feet), 69cm (27″) wide, with straight hemmed ends.  It is a cotton warp in oranges/pinks/turquoise, and the black cotton weft forms a herringbone twill pattern.

This piece is for sale for $200, plus actual shipping. This is an “in-stock” item, and as such is a final sale. I will ship it within three business days of receiving payment, with insurance and tracking. Once the item is shipped, I will send an invoice for the actual cost of shipping.

Here are a couple of photos of the actual piece.

If you would like to purchase this piece of handwoven fabric, please email me (kathy@rocklakeweaving.com).

Semi Custom Fabric Draw

ON Thursday, September 25, at 9 am EST I will be holding a draw for a piece of this warp:

This warp is all cotton, and the winner will have a choice of cotton, cotolin, or mercerized cotton for the weft, in their choice of colour. The weave options are plain weave, twill, and vertical zigzag twill.

This warp will be going on the loom late this week, or early next week.

The winner will be required to pay a deposit of $150 ($50 non-refundable) within 24 hours after I send out the email notifying them of their win. The balance of the payment (Prices start at $85/m for cotton weft with this cotton warp) will be due after I finish the fabric.

All you need to do to enter, is to send me an email (kathy@rocklakeweaving.com), requesting to be entered, before Thursday at 9am.  Anyone is eligible to enter, all custom policies (which can be seen on my policies page, on this site) are in place for this fabric.

For those of you on my email list, you should have already received an email, telling you how to get two entries into this draw.  If you are NOT on my email list, when you send that entry email, ask to be put on the list, and you will get all the exclusive/preferred offers in the future.  I will not add you to my email list, unless you request it. (So ask, because I am a nice person who sends out nice emails once in a while.)

Coming up next….

I just took some bright colours off the loom today. I will have the fabric finished this week, and I will be putting a scarf warp on the loom, to weave off a scarf for a close friend. After that, I will empty out a big box of yarn, and will put this on the loom:

It makes me feel tropical, just looking at it!  The colour geek in me can’t stop thinking about what various greens, reds, grays, and even pinks and yellows would look like…..

There will be some extra warp length on this one, so watch out for the details, coming soon!

(Email list, you will get an email about this, there will be a special offer for you!)

Congratulations Aimee!

The RNG chose a number, and the email entry that corresponded with that number belonged to Aimee.

Congratulations Aimee, I can’t wait to see which weft you choose!

Check your email!

I just sent out a message to my email list with the details of a draw that will be taking place tomorrow morning.

If you are on my list, check it out. If you are not on my list, you are unfortunately not eligible for this draw. The good news is that all you have to do to be eligible for all future draws is to send me a quick email (kathy@rocklakeweaving.com), asking to be on my email list.  I don’t give away my contacts, and you will hear about ALL the happenings here at Rock Lake Weaving.

Here is a little teaser for you:

Good Luck everyone!