I wasn't going to add this runner to the blog yet because it's unfinished. I haven't done the fringe yet because my sewing machine is already packed in the car ready to go to Florida. I have a couple of runners I'll complete once I get there and post them at that time.
This one is a little different, though, and I thought it might be a good lesson for new Swedish weavers. Placing diamonds between the patterns is a common practice to fill in spaces. I love playing around with the diamonds, making them different sizes, etc., and decided to create this table runner using diamonds only. I love it.
My original plan was to weave all the diamonds in with royal blue yarn (Simply Soft Party) but I stupidly didn't check to see if I had more of the blue than just the remnant of a skein I started with. Well, I didn't. No problem, though, because we are crafters and crafters can always find a solution. My solution was to use both the royal and the silver/grey yarns because they go well together.
I think I ended up using more silver/grey than the royal but it looks nice. I didn't use a pattern, just found my centers and started weaving in rows of diamonds and using different sizes of diamonds. I would have done more with the royal if I'd had it but I like this runner so much that I just might keep it for myself.
Using the Odd Run fabric is not quite as comfortable for me to work on and I still do prefer the regular monk's cloth but this runner, which I'm laying at the end of a twin sized bed, was not difficult to handle. It looks navy in the photos but it's actually a grey that looks almost black in reality. The yarn is Caron's Simply Soft Harvest Red. I used only part of Christine Allen's Magical Mirrors pattern.
This runner is going in a bedroom/craft room that I have started to decorate in red, black, and white. I'm still looking for a white coverlet, preferably one with little red flowers on it.
I haven't been crazy about using the Odd Run fabric but honestly had no trouble at all on this project other than my usual difficulty in working on dark colored fabric. It's hard on my eyes and I can't imagine doing a whole afghan on dark fabric but it is a beautiful background for any yarn pattern.
I still have some of this fabric left and will use it all for table runners, just cut it shorter than the full width it comes in.
