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Christmas in July, Preview Four.

Earthy · Soft · Simple · Natural

Next weaving’s for the Austin Flea Event. July 16th Austin Flea at Still Austin Whiskey in Austin, Texas.

1 – The waffle weave lap blanket is 100% organic, handpick, non-GMO Peruvian pima cotton
2 – The one to the left is handpick, non-GMO Peruvian pima cotton
3 – And the last one is organic cotton, grown and spun in India

All are handwoven on a 50+ year old wooden loom, in the Texas Hill Country.

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Christmas in July, Preview Three.

Natural Cotton Blankets
Cozy · Home· Simple · Comfort

Loom woven throws and wraps for the next vendors event. July 16th Austin Flea at Still Austin Whiskey in Austin, Texas. American cotton, grown and milled in Georgia. Handwoven on a 50+ year old wooden loom, in the Texas Hill Country.

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Christmas in July, Preview One.

Natural Cotton Blanket
Cozy · Home· Simple · Comfort

Just finished up a loom woven throw for the next vendors event. July 16th Austin Flea at Still Austin Whiskey in Austin, Texas. American cotton, grown and milled in Georgia. Handwoven in the Texas Hill Country with a different texture on both sides. Approx. size 39″ x 92″


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5 Kilo’s of New Yarn

Organic Gaddi Wool
Desi (Indigenous) Himalayan Gaddi Sheep
Desi Oon (Indigenous Wool)

Gaddi is a Himalayan Desi sheep breed local to Himachal Pradesh, India. Desi means local or indigenous to India. The Gaddis are a semi-nomadic tribe. Each year, in February or March, they leave their winter pastures on the Himalayan foothills, and climb towards the nutritious grass of the Lahul and Spiti plains, arriving by the mid-summer nights. With the first sign of the autumn chill, they again head south.

I would like to thank, Gunjan Satija with the Centre for Pastoralism (CfP), a nonprofit organization. Centre for Pastoralism is an initiative by Gujarat-based Sahjeevan Trust with an objective to promote understanding on Indian Pastoralism. With her help she was able to put me in contact with individuals and co-op’s in acquiring desi wool yarns.

The handspun wool also has Ayurvedic healing properties, as the sheep feed on natural herbs found in the organic alpine meadows of the Himalayan mountains.

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When it Rains, it Pours.

Another new shipment. This time from Mumbai, India.

This shipment is 5 kilo’s of Charkha Handspun Cotton Yarn.

The floor charkha is one of the oldest known forms of the spinning wheel. The charkha works similarly to the great wheel, with a drive wheel being turned by one hand, while the yarn is spun off the tip of the spindle with the other.
The word charkha, which has links with Persian (Romanized:”charkh”), wheel, is related to the Sanskrit word for “circle” (cakra). The charkha was both a tool and a symbol of the Indian independence movement .

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The story behind my shipments from India. Before the lock down here and across the world, I started to form some friendship with individuals in India. I wanted to import yarns that were crafted tradition ways using indigenous fibers.

2+ years later.

When I place an order, they go to the villages and give them the funds to buy the raw materials to spin the yarns. Since all yarns are made to order, it might take two months for me to receive the yarns.

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Color

It has been a while since I have dyed with some color. The earthy feel from this textured organic cotton yarn from India, I decided to use some organic earth pigments for my color. I am mud dyeing (staining) with mineral oxides, the green is from Italy and the red is from France. Now the curing phase begins for about two weeks outdoors.

Earth · Organic · Natural

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Peruvian Cotton Throw

Handpick, Non-GMO Peruvian Pima Cotton, Floor Loom Woven. Finished with an Square Knotted Hemstitch.

Cozy · Soft · Simple

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100 degrees +

When summer has come to the Texas Hill Country, it’s time to work on your yarn stash. Taking the cones of cotton, I turn them into 8oz hanks each. Then scour and bloom the yarn in hot water with soda ash and soap. Next drip dry and sun bleach outside in the summer sun. Afterwards, I winded the cotton into cakes of yarns.

This is just the start of the stash.