May 2010

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I had been thinking about a master weaver project in embroidery weave, doing drawings, etc for a while. On Wed. I wound the warp and threaded the loom in order to be ready to weave on Thursday. Of

[gallery link="file"] Yesterday, while crazy New England weather hit the 90s - in MAY, I had a great dye day with Gail Callahan and a cast of fiber fanatics. Dyeing is really a great mix of fun with fiber, chemistry class

[gallery link="file"] After my endless yakfest of yesterday, I just wanted to post some photos of my “invention”. I think it worked! The structure is stable and curvy and AN OVERSHOT draft. What do you know . . .

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I have so much news - I don’t know what to write about first . . .The thing I am most excited about is my new “discovery”. As I was reading about and drafting deflected doubleweave, trying to

[gallery link="file"] This last weekend was the third annual get together of my sister, myself and our best friends from middle school who happen to be sisters. This year we gathered at my sister’s beautiful house in Amagansett (kids, pets and

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] I was having a grand old time messing around with dyes during our last Hill class thinking that I still had one more class before I was forced to leave the “womb” and fend for myself on

[gallery link="file" columns="2" orderby="title"] Yesterday we had a dye day at Hill with Gail Callahan. We did the first color on our woven shibori (the light color) and will dye the second color (after the threads are pulled) next week. The

[gallery link="file" order="DESC"] I finished weaving at about 11:00 pm last night and had to see if the “auction” wool would full - so I washed it and hung it up for this morning. I think it worked. The 2/18 wool

[gallery link="file"] As my “buttonhole recovery project” I wanted to use the yarn I dyed at Gail Callahan’s dyeing workshop. I spent many hours trying threadings and color combinations for a shawl in deflected double weave using the hand-dyed as the