Weaving

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] The great thing about the holiday is that the kids are home and can be put to work in the sweat shop! I spent the day getting the barn cleaned up and trying to display my small inventory

All the dishes are done, the leftovers put away, and we are putting our fat selves to bed. Happy Thanksgiving.

In my pre-holiday mental stew I lost track of what I am thankful for (heard this before?) Well, I took loathsome self involvement to a new level and didn’t call my Mom on her birthday. What I know is that I

Off to a huck lace sampler and a blended draft (that I didn’t do - uh oh). I will move two of my workshop looms back home today and set them up for hands-on demo at my open studios. Then

A woods walk made all the difference. I might have to admit that my less then “merry” mood was more related to a missed daughter’s missed (and impossible to re-reserve) train/combined with some kind of record amount of homework for

I am trying desperately to reset to Holiday Cheer from my current state of holiday bitter stress and grumpitude. As I age I feel like the Holidays need to come around every 3-5 years instead of what seems like 3-5

[gallery link="file" order="DESC"] This is my current weaving-related to do list. I am trying to finally finish embroidering the Maya Angelou excerpt on the Zephyr Twill throw for a classmate of my son. I am in the middle of weaving a

Tomorrow is my Youth Weaving Class, and I wanted to write a little about it. I have six students ranging in age from 8 - almost 13 and I am amazed at the joy, verve and focus they bring to

I spent the day working on a deflected double weave commission. It is such an addictive structure - it looks very geometric on the loom, but after it is washed the juxtaposition of the plain weave and floats makes beautiful

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] When I mentioned class at Hill I was talking about Hill Institute in Florence, MA http://www.hillinstitute.com/ The photo is a photo of the Master Weavers’ Program studio. Looms, looms and more looms. We had Norma Smayda at guild

I have included a photo of Becky demonstrating dressing the loom - amazingly efficient, graceful and SPEEDY. Today I am rushing off to my class at Hill. I should finish my tapestry/rugs sampler today after 2 months. Guild is a