More complicated

ByThe haberdashery

Following the advice, I'll try the html mode. The image is still on the left, even though the style is "center" and I've added align center. But I can add non-breaking spaces. And I really have better control over all of this. If something falls apart, it's only my fault 😉

Recently I had the opportunity to make a slightly more difficult selvedge. A bit… Very thin yarn, some warp threads thinner, others thicker and cotton cord, i.e. uneven elasticity. The pattern on the margin is small and made of single threads. And all this in a small size – width 1.7 cm. Sometimes I think it's some kind of irony of fate that such nasty things behave ;P

I won't give you my progress today because I haven't ridden a bike, I'm making a selvedge... nice, from kosher wool, but I'll add its length when I finish - in the meantime I'm missing the thread, and I'm only a little over half a meter to go. I'm also sewing a skirt for the heat. Theoretically it was supposed to be like in the stories, a typical Slavic, roomy shirt with narrow sleeves. That's all I managed, but in practice it turned out that this style doesn't suit me.

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