Friday, May 11, 2018

A weaving surprise

A few months ago I wove these kitchen towels from The Woolery's Bluegrass Mills 6/2 cotton yarn and sent one of them off to The Woolery for their weave off, to donate to local women's shelters. I loved that they were donating all of the towels that were entered! That was the main reason I sent it.

Imagine my surprise when they called me a couple weeks ago to tell me I had won first place in the rigid heddle category! There were so many beautiful  towels entered! You can see all of the winners here. I was shocked and flattered to be among them.

Yesterday I arrived home from lunch with a friend to find this giant box on my doorstop...
I dragged it inside and opened it up immediately!

Look at all of that beautiful yarn! A one lb cone of each color, 20 cones in all. Luckily I had cleared some space in my cubbies the day before and I was all set to put them away.
This will keep me busy for a long time! Thank you, Woolery, for this generous prize. I can't wait to get weaving!

4 comments:

Debbie said...

oh that's awesome! Congrats again!

Kristin said...

Holy Cow!! What a jackpot!! Congratulations. Your towels are positively delightful!

Ondrea said...

Woohoo! That doesn't surprise me at all. You are such a talented gal. Congrats and have fun playing with all those lovely spools of colour.

Connie said...

The towels you made are outstanding . . . so pretty. It's no wonder you were picked as a winner and what a lovely prize, too. So many cheerful colored yarns, I know that you will be having fun with that. Congratulations!
Connie :)