Leaves, Nuts And Berries

Day 50: When I finished up the "Loom Room" damask and advanced the warp, I discovered I had wound on substantially more than I remembered. There was at least enough for two more short projects or perhaps one long one (possibly even more), and since I had nothing particular in mind, I dragged out a book of traditional cross-stitch designs and began looking for something which was under fifty squares wide. I wasn't having much luck until the little light bulb came on over my head with the realization that I could take a narrow pattern and turn it 90 degrees. The one I liked best wasn't quite wide enough, so I added a second skinny one on either side, and I was back in business. Weaving false damask is time-consuming and attention-demanding, just the sort of thing I need to fill out the spaces between easier projects. At this width, it takes roughly ten minutes to weave the four passes required for one line on the graph. As I cast about for a title for this photo, I was reminded of the book on comma usage, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." This is "Leaves, Nuts and Berries," and no, I don't know where they were left.