weaving rainbows

in just over a month, i turned this warp into these:

i love everything about the process of weaving, from picking the colors to work with, to making the warp, to dressing the loom, to actually weaving. the relationship you form with each and every individual thread is mind-boggling. the way the loom just reveals any mistakes you might have made, serving them up to you in full honest disclosure and patiently waiting for you to fix them (see the lower right corner below).

a loom is such a patient thing — solid, sturdy. it hold the threads so steadily as you slowly, but surely weave the cloth, developing a back and forth rhythm, watching it form. it feels magical — laying those threads over one another to create something useful.

my loom has created hundreds, maybe even thousands of meters of cloth. emmy had it for more than 50 years before giving it to me. and she got it from cis fink, one of denmark’s great weaving teachers, who likely had it for 50 years herself. i sit at it and feel that experience guiding me. it knows so much more than i do.

i keep one of every tea towel i’ve woven on it since acquiring it in mid-2024. i’ve come a long way in those two years and i’ve woven 125 tea towels on it since it came home to me. here are the ones i've kept from each warp:

we don’t even use store-bought tea towels anymore, these handmade ones just get better with use. i’m off to 3daysofdesign in copenhagen this week. my latest rainbow of tea towels will be in a drawer at store kongensgade 108 if you want to stop by and see them.