plain weave

what has happened, is happening still in japan is horrible.

i watched aghast the b.b.c. footage on my computer (i live without t.v.)

i have checked in with friends, and so far people i know are safe, and so are their loved ones.

but oh my, that is not the case for many. i am attending with all my heart.

i wanted to say something about plain.

plain weave.

an old blanket. two lengths pieced together.

white warp, white weft. weft a bit yellower.

i took this out last night to use.

i won't save it any longer. it needs to be used. 

beauty in use. 

you fiberartists will notice many things about this piece.

i haven't begun to discover them all. the weft is, i think, handspun wool.

i don't know for sure anything; the size i can measure.

i can't tell you what was in the mind of the woman 

who sewed these lengths together. 

and hemmed them.

i can't know 

of the wool shorn, washed, spun, woven 

into a modest blanket.

warm enough for the north country fall,

with a quilt or two, for winter.

plain weave.

beautiful.

my favorite.