Fiber Monday - weaving linen

Last week I was in a three-day linen weaving class. Weaving with linen is a little different from weaving with my usual fiber of cotton, silk, or wool. Unwashed linen yarn is much more difficult to contain and definitely has a life of it's own. After trying different ways to weave it, I found I created the best selvedge by having a dry warp and a wet weft, which meant I had to soak each of my bobbins before I wove with them. 

Here is the project I made. It's a table runner and it is two shades of blue which are much brighter than appear in the photo. I don't know why my phone doesn't capture accurate colors. 

I also started washing the fleece from our sheep. I stared with half of Fred's, and it is now drying. Clark's is currently soaking in water to get the dust and dirt out. I would have taken a picture, but a photo of a black fleece is only interesting so many times. It seems as though Fred's fleece washed really well. I'll know for sure when it's dry. 

Life has felt so busy the last month that I don't feel as though I've done very much of anything. Hopefully that will change and I'll have more to show over the summer.