Day 197: Having worn through the callus on my needle-poking finger, I need to take a short break from quilting until I can use it again without perforating the tender skin. I decided to have another go at weaving Siamese cats on the rigid heddle loom. It's not that the design is hard to adapt. It's actually quite easy. It's selecting colours which will allow the ears and tails to show up against the background. Even my darkest grey tended to be reduced to the point that it didn't really stand out against red (it faded right into blue), so I opted for black. The dyes my primary supplier's mill uses are not particularly vivid in any event, which has been frustrating for me on other projects as well. The trade-off is that compared to other brands of weaving thread, these are more affordable. On my budget, I can live with "muted," even though I long for a true Christmas red or a bright royal blue.
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