The organic cotton warp I was working on in March has come to an end. I managed to weave three long table runners each in a different natural handspun cotton. No dyes used! There is Sarepta Brown cotton on the left, natural Acala cotton on the right, and natural green cotton at the bottom.
After washing, the colour transformation in the green was quite remarkable. The punis and storage bobbin below show the natural green as it looks before washing in hot water or soaking for 30 minutes in ammonia. The runner is an example of the "after" wash colouring.
The runners are all woven to a generous length for either my kitchen table or a couple of display chests I have in the living room.
I'm very happy with the way they turned out.
When the runners were complete I still had some warp left and played around a bit with other weaving techniques including a pick up lace and traveling inlay.
