Handwoven towel with a rainbow gradient warp and dark purple weft.

Poster of a horse and rider jumping a gate in a woodland setting. Art & design ©1996-present Cherie Banks Meyers

Warp for 4 towels using an alternating thread gradient for a very smooth color transition vs solid stripes. I plan to change the treadling so each towel has a different weft pattern. My color choices were partially inspired by a poster I designed years ago. #handwoven #handweavingacademy #mymindseye

Blue and brown twill fabric on the loom

This year’s TBD turned out to be digging into twills. MmmmmMmMmmmm. #weaving #handwoven #vashonary #handweavingacademy

Six of my seven Deep Dive into Twill students are still weaving away, 40 minutes after class ended.

Does that mean they're having fun, or that I've dumped too much weaving on them? 🤔 #vashonary #handwoven #weaving #handweavingacademy

The newbies have all woven their first cloth, dressed the loom with a practice warp & cut it off, then planned and wound a Proper Warp(tm). They'll start weaving their For Realz project tomorrow.

We are QUANKED. Happy, but quanked! #weaving #handwoven #handweaving #vashonary #handweavingacademy

A studio full of dressed looms

The calm before the storm. Looms all dressed for newbie week, which begins tomorrow. #vashonary #handweaving #handwoven #handweavingacademy

Handwoven fabric on the loom, with shuttle and temple. The fabric is a row of wine glass motifs in aqua and grey surrounded by orange.

It's Vashonary! My annual stint of ~5 weeks on Vashon Island, WA, weaving *just* about 24/7. #vashonary #handweaving #handwoven #handweavingacademy