barrel of...

Monkeys??

Fun??

Nope! It's a barrel...

of weaving yarn!!

Seriously vintage weaving yarn.See those Tex-Made labels? Almost made me cry. My Dad was a Tex-Made vice president before he started his own business. I grew up with Tex-Made. I can't wait to show this to my Mom.

Jen from my Guild contacted me last week once she learned I had bought a loom (STILL waiting for it - you know it will be delivered tonight - the one night I'm out for dinner with friends, and won't be home until late). It's literally a barrel of cotton warp yarn, ranging from sizes 2/8 to 4/8 to 2/16 (in knitters terms, kind of like heavy laceweight to cobweb weight, but it seems sturdier, since it's cotton). In blues, black, rust, turquoise, yellow, red, green... Just the thing for warping the loom when I want to weave with all the cotton I have. I'm picturing tea towels, perhaps placemats... To be honest, until I get into it, I won't know for sure. Deirdre, if we get together to weave, we'll have to try it out!

Most of it was in great shape, at least from the outside of the cone. There was a bit of a musty smell, but I don't think it's anything a little airing out won't take care of. Some of the stuff at the bottom of the barrel was beyond help - there was some stuff growing that shouldn't have been growing, but really, considering how long it was probably in there, I'm surprised it wasn't worse.

Jen - I thank you. The first tea towel is yours. What colour is your kitchen?