April 2012

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I love good-natured optimists who look on the bright side even in irritating circumstances - I aspire to be one . . . BUT I am really annoyed! I saw this great-looking, fun project on several sites on the

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] The sampler scarf is off the loom and washed. I really like some aspects of the twill sections. The curves and points are a little sharper and the twill lines add some additional movement. It might need to

[gallery link="file" columns="4"] Lots of activity, some loveliness and some family worries forcing me to seek solace at the loom . . . Pals My wonderful friends Barbara and Mary Lou treated me to a weaving day at Becky Ashendon’s Vav Stuga in

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] While messing around with deflected double weave on Weavemaker I decided to try to draft a project in which the woven blocks are woven in 2/2 twill instead of plain weave. This is my first experiment (unwashed on

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] This was a little bit of much-needed weaving therapy. My mother-in-law has been in and out of the hospital for the last two months. We have been driving back and forth to Eastern MA to visit, help and

[gallery link="file"] This is the third blanket using the same 16-shaft, deflected double weave threading. I wove the first two using high contrast colors for the blocks,and I really liked the results. I wanted to do a subtler version using the

[gallery link="file"] Despite all the paperwork, taxes, youth looms, waiting warps and hideous housework, the woods were calling . . .

[gallery link="file"] • A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn't act that way very often. • There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children (students) to do it. • You can learn