YEARS AGO, MY WEAVING TEACHER, Beth Wilson, told me to pick a twill pattern from A Handweaver's Pattern Book by Marguerite Porter Davison and weave a towel. I opened the book and saw not drafts but musical notes reminiscent of my piano-playing days. Each twill pattern looked like a continuous musical composition that if combined would form a symphony. I started to weave my masterpiece. After a while, Beth asked if I was done and I responded, "Not yet" She came over to see my towel, and in surprise, explained that I was supposed to have picked a single twill pattern. I thought she had said pick whatever I wanted to use! I had eight twill patterns flowing through my towel.
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