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Lisa Trujillo·
Flipping Blocks
After the 2021 Spanish Market, I and my loom were ready for a new, big project. I had been doing a lot of spinning from Pat Trujillo's Centinela-grown fleeces, so I had handspun yarn to work with. I perused my Pinterest board and settled on what I eventually named the "overly elaborate tumbling block" pattern for the border. I'm sure I realized it would be a challenge. I thought I was up for it. So I worked with the selection of handspun yarns I had, choosing boldly contrasting ones for the border and center, and some more gently contrasting ones...