Khadi Being Handspun on Charkas and Woven in India

Marvel at the beauty of people handspinning cotton to weave into khadi (handwoven cotton cloth) in India....

Shuttle, bobbin and handwoven cloth

Shuttle, bobbin, and handwoven cloth, originally uploaded by confections.

This is one of my handwoven pieces from last summer. I'm hankering to warp one of my looms this spring and create some new cloth. In my yarn stash, I have a handpainted warp chain from a class I took with Christie Dunning at the University of California, San Diego Crafts Center. During the same handpainting session in that inspiring class, I painted a complementary skein of weft yarn.

In a few days, after my sister and her lovely kiddies head home after a too-short visit, I'll pull out my copy of Learning to Weave by Debbie Chandler, complete some calculations for my envisioned project, and get down to warping. Oh, the possibilities!

She is a weaver; through her hands the bright thread travels. -- Judy Collins