Weaving

Avedic Text: "As all of the universe is woven warp and woof in the waters in what then are the waters woven? The Wind!"   Brhadaranyaka Upanisad Weaving is, even at its most efficient, a slow methodical process. This can be a great relief from the

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.' Alfred Lord Tennyson I love this quote because even if one faces the same stresses and challenges in the coming year, it is a pleasure simply to envision 2015

I have had the good fortune lately to encounter two really efficient weavers - one in person and one via video.  As you know (if you read my blog) I have been working with Becky Ashenden of Vav Stuga Weaving School. She

 Beautiful Celeste - 2 weeks from her wedding and weaving as fast as light. Lovely cloth piling up! Happy weavers . . . Happy weavers . . . Happy weavers . . . Happy weavers . . . More cloth - color choices continue to awe

I have been spending long days at Vav Stuga the last couple of weeks doing preparation for my upcoming "Masters of Deflection" class. It has been a steep learning curve scrambling to translate all my weaving/warping and drafting skills into the

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller I had the opportunity to join my niece in Peru in early August. She had a grant to study and write about the collection of Machu

I just got home from a week in Providence, RI totally immersed in the world of hand-weaving.  Where else can you walk down a city street, stop to observe an interesting textile in a shop/gallery window and have several people

For some reason there has been a confluence of overshot in the studio these last few days, and the issue of "Squaring" has arisen.  As I mentioned in my last blog post we have a new baby in the extended

I have to admit that my looms have been quiet lately - very few new weavings to display. However, I have been having a rich series of experiences with various 'homies". (Please do not let my son ever hear me

There has been a launch-y feeling around here lately.  My middle son is home from college (rising senior- oh lord!) ready to head to Germany. My youngest just "graduated" from 8th grade and is a rising high-schooler. Our German exchange

I have generally tried to cultivate an optimistic attitude of "what's the worst that could happen?" in weaving and in life.  Having had a pretty stable, secure upbringing and young life, it was an easy attitude to maintain across the