I Got Stripes

  I started to weave the stripe samples for the (possible) fabric to back the ddw pillows. I am not set on weft-striped fabric but I need to see some in action in order to decide.  I am somewhat dissatisfied with

Ready To Eat We have no idea how he got the spoon stuck in his collar, but he is clearly ready and waiting for that turkey

I am (the holiday is hindering!) working on the third pillow colorway.  I have heard from quite a few readers about my pillow backs.  I haven't started sampling yet - see above - but I will listen to group wisdom and

First of all I want to thank everyone who commented.  HUGE THANKS!  You will now be put in the randomizer, and could win fabulous cash (not really) and prizes (really)! I have decided on three prizes.  The first will be a

  After a month of struggle, a huge debt to CalmComputing and many muttered curses at Apple for dropping iWeb . . . ta da! . . . my new website and with a working "comment" option no less.  I am very

Hubris and the allure of Cowboy Magic got the best of me and I wound a 57” wide warp at 45 epi with two layers of wool and one layer of mohair.  I fought valiantly to thread and beam it

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] This post has to do with fat and turkey vultures and my new diet of lard and vodka  . . . I got the best pie crust recipe from Christopher Kimball (Cooks Illustrated) which involves using vodka as

[gallery link="file" columns="4" orderby="title"] It has been eight days since my last “confession”.  Dear reader I have not once, but several times indulged in the use Rit Dye.  I had an array of projects that were well woven, but color fails. 

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] I just spent the last three days immersed in the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival - dubbed “sheepy wool” by my kids years ago when I used to take them to every one in the

I am generally not a fan of “sparkle”.  It seems like the realm of the marabou slipper and the petit four. While I might occasionally fantasize about being a person who gracefully glides around in delicate slippers and gold lame,

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="4" orderby="title"] The fuchsia shawl is another experiment with the triple weave - this one using 2-block huck for the fuchsia side (thanks for the suggestion Laurie). There are also a few adventures in leno  (thanks for the

If you are a hand weaver in the modern, developed world, I will say that you are probably somewhere on the Obsessive Compulsive scale . . . but in a good way, right?  I mean, without the aid of a