First the good--I have been babying this thing for a couple of years and it finally bloomed. I was ecstatic to say the least. Now I see another flower shoot. I guess I don't do anything special, just try to be nice to t.
Now for the not so good--above are my bamboo placemats. Lesson number one I guess is not to use bamboo for the warp--I had a multitude of broken warp threads in less than a couple of inches. So I
WHACKED it and put on a cotton warp and will try the bamboo as weft. Oh well.