Weaving

I am sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to Long Beach for Convergence, but I feel like my therapist has been on vacation for a month. I have been away from my loom for over a week working

[gallery link="file"] The Witch Stocking blanket is finally done - seen above in the very murky witches-brew tub being fulled and then drying on the line - front and back. I wish I had put a border of the diamonds on

[gallery link="file"] I was so inspired by “Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves” by Ann Richards and “Magical Materials to Weave” by Lotte Dalgaard that I decided to play around a little bit with the Hand-spun & Linen warp. After I wove

I have been reading Anni Albers on design. I have been thinking a lot about design for my Complex Weavers study group. I just read the proofs for the Handwoven blurb based on my telephone interview with Anita Osterhaug .

Sorry for the blog-less interval. I was (so far unsuccessfully) attempting to re-create “plainweave” on Wordpress. But I was also attending all the festivities surrounding my youngest child’s graduation from grammar school. Sweet, sad, bittersweet! I also paid a visit to

I just found out that Apple will no longer host sites created with iWeb after June 30. So, once again I have to figure out a way to move my site and blog to a new (hopefully better, more reliable,

[gallery link="file"] Thanks Ute! Thanks Alice!

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I just got a LARGE cone (2.2 lbs) of hemp yarn from http://www.hemptraders.com in the mail, and I am filled with hempiness. Hemp traders were mentioned in Handwoven and I visited their website and was enthralled. Once I

[gallery link="file"] I finished weaving the 16-shaft deflected double weave blanket that was an interpretation of a sample I saw on the Proweave site, woven by Dini Cameron. This is the 4th blanket I have woven using 16 shafts and a

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I had the final show for my Master Weaver Certificate at Hill Institute (no relation). There was one other Master Certificate awarded this year to Diane Howes. We shared the room with all the current students who are

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I recently received my second textile letter from Danish textile designer Karina Nielsen Rios http://byrios.blogspot.com/. Her weaving is awe-inspiring and innovative. I am sorry that I can’t get photos that do these little jewels justice. The top two

[gallery link="file"] Quick project update - I have finally taken scissors and needle to the cottolin yardage I wove awhile ago. I had a long vest/jacket pattern that looked pretty good, but I faced the same problem as always: fitting a general