Day 202: This inkle band measures 9mm in width, and to add to the difficulties in creating it, I've used a metallic thread for the pickup pattern. The metallic has no stretch, is wiry and harsh on my hands, and further complicating the weave, I'm doing it on my micro-inkle which is so small that I can only work one full motif before having to advance the band, and even at that, I can barely get a finger in the shed. The ground thread is #40 tatting cotton. A tiny bity of foresight kept me from warping it with sewing thread! I'm always up for a challenge. When I made my very first piece of bobbin lace...what, fifty years ago?...I used a metallic thread. I swore I'd never touch the stuff again, but here I am. The "up" side of this project is that the micro-inkle only holds a little more than a yard of warp, and I have about half of that done. How will I use the band? Who knows? I'm just treading water, waiting for the end of the world.
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