Smoothing The Rough Edges
I needed a break from the pillow pile-up and had a request for a baby blanket. I did a quick (and familiar) blooming leaf, but wanted to do something a little more modern and fun. I decided to re-visit Dotty
Luddite Love
How can I claim to be a Luddite when I love my iPhone? If I am not a Luddite then how can I be a hand weaver in the 21st Century? Existential crisis! This was brought on by a tragic
Pillow Pile Passion
I was out and about today with my extraordinary husband (chauffeur) taking advantage of the last days (hope) of immobility (read - can't treadle) to do some long awaited errands. Like getting my hair cut. "How long have you been
Karma?
So, I guess my whining about Wordpress spam jinxed me - so my whole site went nutty today and I lost my last post and all the comments. Sorry!! Another possible karmic turn was when I was hubristically drafting a post
Out with the Old?
2013 is certainly a weird looking number to my eye. I am hoping the strangeness of the number will have no bearing on my hope for a peaceful, healthy, happy New Year for everyone. In this post there is an idea or
Textile Induced Nostalgia
Merry Christmas Eve! All the frenzy of preparation has died down, and we are getting to enjoy some relaxing home time. The boys delivered our baked goods to the neighbors this morning, and we have received a great bounty in
The Joy of the Mundane
I was going to write about how neglectful of my blog (and my weaving) I have been in the face of holiday preparations. I was going to lament the arduous task of making up for a year of housework delinquency
Aching Hearts
Just as my husband drove off to pick my two big (real big) kids up for the winter holidays, and I had dropped cucumbers off at my little guy's (not so little) middle school for community supper - such normal
Pay It Forward
I feel the spirit of Pay-It-Forward. I just finished reading the great discussion on the Yahoo Group Weavetech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeaveTech/. The group which can occasionally get a little gripe-y for my tastes is talking about the national weaving conference Convergence in a
The Randomizer Speaks • Fringe Dwelling
First of all, I have reached 35 comments - hurray and thanks to all who have posted comments! I activated the randomizer and came up with a warp winner. And . . . the winner is . . . Sandy
Happy Valley
After poor-mouthing about my grumpy, middle-aged "dog's life", I sat and thought about what an incredibly fortunate "weaver's life" I have. On Tuesday, I had a wonderful student come to the studio. She's a true textile enthusiast. We took a quick
A Dog’s Life??
I don't really understand the phrase "a dog's life. "A dog's life" should mean a happy, care-free life spent napping in a ray of sunshine (see above). The phrase meant to denote hardship and struggle should be "a grouchy middle-aged