Computer Frustration

There was no post yesterday as I couldn't get the images to download from my digital camera card.  Who knows why?  (just a rhetorical question)  I did try many, many times, but the computer seemed to have a mind of its own.  This morning I did everything as I would usually do and lo and behold, it worked perfectly so I could insert an image into my last post.  I guess yesterday is a miss as far as this goes.

It was a day at the studio finishing chenille scarves for a wholesale order.  I find twisting the fringes on chenille just doesn't hold well so this is how I've been finishing a chenille scarf for many years.  I weave the entire length of scarf leaving no unwoven area for fringe.  I then wash and lightly press the scarf.  Next I unweave the length for my fringe, about 1 1/2".  Because the fabric has been wet finished the unwoven fringe has a lovely "crinkly" fringe. Lastly, to be sure the scarf will not begin to unweave itself any further, I machine stitch one row of straight stitching close to the edge of the woven area. This process seems to work very well.  I suggest dry cleaning, but a very gentle hand wash would also be fine.  A lot of agitation would drive all the chenille bits from the fringe and you would be left with only the core threads hanging--not a pretty sight. Check out the image and remember you can enlarge any of the images with a single click on them.