Author: Elisabeth Hill

I have a few non-weaving related items to talk about. One is the Degas and the Nude show at the MFA in Boston. We saw the show on Sunday and have been talking about it ever since. It is absolutely

I had to get up from the loom in the house on which the tapestry bug is growing very slowly and RUN to my studio in the barn, sit at my 8-shaft floor loom and weave 5 yards of plain

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] The “inch by inch - row by row” ditty describing the slow and patience-testing process of growing a garden now seems too speedy to describe the pick by pick cm by cm tapestry “growing” process. I am pleased

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] The scarf on the left is a merino and silk/mohair “fun” project and the WIP on the right is my “exercise in expectation management” tapestry project. Andy Warhol said, “Art is hard” which I don’t doubt, but tapestry

“I look at what I write (make) so I can see what I think.” W.H Auden

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] Firstly, Happy New Year! I hope 2012 has begun well for everyone. We had an out-with-the-old bonfire that brought the wild thing out in the kids and was a great start for 2012 (except for the bleary 3 am

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] Wishing You Happiness and Peace in the New Year!

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] This year we went to cut our tree without the “big kids” - I just realized that with a soon-to-be 21, 19 and 12-year-old, I can’t really call the older ones the “big kids” or the younger the

[gallery link="file"] So, I have been documenting the Apron Project in a step-by-step way, and it has been interesting. In part because I think my process is usually “unmethodical” if that is a word. The mysterious part is that I complete

[gallery link="file"] I am working on putting together a program for my guild called “Apron Strings”. It will be a how-to make your own apron from scratch, i.e. weave the fabric, bias cut a binding, weave a strap (don’t judge me

[gallery link="file"] The last project (except tapestry - yikes!) for the Master Weaver Certificate is hanging to dry above. I really like it. It is bamboo deflected doubleweave tied onto the previous green/lilac warp. I improved the project by simplifying the

[gallery link="file"] I just got this piece off the loom and it is hanging to dry. It is a deflected doubleweave shawl in 16/2 bamboo from Brassard et Fil in Quebec. It is 25 inches wide and 80 ish long. It