Five completed cotton pieces on to bank paper. I have had mixed success with this procedure previously so this time faithfully followed the method shown in this link. Except that I used wheat starch paste and bank paper and not methyl cellulose paste and kozo paper. It went off very well.  I found that, by the third one, I had got a lot more efficient. Now I need to make some books up!! I have had paper waiting in piles, folded, cut and pressed for at least 6 weeks so some time soon. One of the piles has a whole lot of artwork on it.

But today is still a tidying up day. I have written up the caladium leaves/birds/network draft with copies of drafts, samples of yarns et cetera. There is a lot on this week and I must get my yarn ready for next Saturday's Indigo Vat. I promised Michael I would do some samples of tapestry wool for him, skeins have been wound, five each of two different yarn types. 

The last thing to be done is to wind a warp or rather five identical small warps with a cross at each end. These will be tied together and  tie-dyed for indigo. After it has been dipped to a nice mid-blue,  half the ties will be undone and the whole lot dipped again until the first dipping is dark blue and the second mid-blue.  When dry, the bundle will be undone, and two of the small warps reversed and then it all will be warped up. I tried this method before but found that it did not look very inspiring because I had made all the tied sections about the same length. So how to see before hand? I used EXCEL to generate Random numbers which added up to a length which was appropriate - 56 inches in this case.

Then coloured in squared paper with two shades of blue, cut the paper lengthwise into 5 equal widths, reversed two and Voila! It does mean the tying up has to be done from the centre of the warp or it will not reverse properly. So I am off to wind five warps.

By the way, this page came from my day book. First time a page has ever been transferred from that to my blog. 

Did I say I have done all the accounts over the weekend? In particular, since I stopped work last October, I have come off the VAT system but there was a final round of paperwork to finish that off. All done and posted. Now all I have to do is get rid of 25 years of paperwork! Might just send for a shredding company.