September 2012

If you are a hand weaver in the modern, developed world, I will say that you are probably somewhere on the Obsessive Compulsive scale . . . but in a good way, right?  I mean, without the aid of a

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] I imagine that the pursuit of the perfect three-layer gauze is not the central concern of other people’s lives, but . . . I still haven’t achieved the effect I want so I must go on!  I

I have a variety of great, good, weird and bad news.  I will try to present it all in a cohesive way, but I might have to come up with some creative segues.  Great news (for my fam) is that

Here is the third in a series of 3 - layer scarf/shawls. In this one I once again used a 20/2 wool for the gauzy exterior tube and bulky mohair boucle for the “unwoven” filler. I made the

[gallery link="file"] Please take a look at the deflected double weave sample above. It is in bamboo and set at 30 epi. It has a dreamy hand and drape AND it was oh-so-kindly given to me by a fellow ddw lover

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] This is an experiment. There are a couple of notions that have been rattling around that I am trying to work out. One notion is “rainbow.” It is no surprise that everyone loves a rainbow. Of all the