A 2-year break. Almost forgot the site existed. Mary has an Ashford 8-shaft table loom. After work, as a diversion, you can sit for half an hour and throw the shuttle through some more of the warp. The latest experiment has been two ‘weft-dominant’ designs to create table runners. By keeping the warp taut and deliberately slackening the weft you force the weft threads to hide the warp and to create a bold tapestry pattern. These are for the Hangjik tables.
Our little B&B experiment is at the decorating stage. Some time ago in Kruja, Albanian, Lois and I bought this stamp – thinking it might work to pattern the wall.
During out last trip to Kruja – and fluent enought to discuss decorating, hand crafts, and old skills, we learnt that the carving was used to stamp tablecloths prior to embroidery stiching around the pattern.
Still I am thinking to try it on the walls.
I have been away from Runjeva for a year or more. Why? Well the real answer is: come and see!
The old house has been loved and mended. Craftsmen with skills in stone and mud and lime came to visit – almost constantly – and now it is the end of winter.
One more month of work and our little experiment in rural tourism should be open!
Website in constrution at www.hangjik.com
