Zanshiori Placemats - Blue

Day 289: I have finally reached the end of my stash of thrums, except for the green ones which I saved out for another project. Although I used thread directly from cones for the doubled warp, the single weft in these placemats is entirely "waste," i.e., the tag ends from other projects after I cut them off the loom. This art of using waste thread to create something functional is called zanshiori, and is not necessarily limited to using the same type of thread throughout a project. Rather, it has an element of zen in it, allowing the weaver to use whatever they have on hand and as the mood strikes them. Many zanshiori pieces are highly textured by using thick yarns with thin, incorporating additional structural elements such as wool locks, strips of cloth, etc., but I chose to use 8/2 cotton exclusively. The tiny knots where I joined the threads adds organic character to the work. In other news, I finished a piece of bandweaving last night, adding the thrums to my stash for the next round of zanshiori somewhere down the line. Waste not, want not! Want waste, want knots!