Textiles Are the Body’s First House • Ann Hamilton

Oh no - another "philosophical" blog post. Sorry, I can't help it.  Aprons have been absorbing me in an unexpected way.  I had to dig out a program called "Apron Strings" that I did for my guild a couple of years

Do you remember oh-so-long ago when I said I was going to try the great suggestion from Diane Howes that I needle felt the fringe to secure it?  Well, after failing to find my felting needles, and borrowing some from

 Jeanetta Jones giving Eunice Smith her Master Weaver Certificate in 1965 Since the holidays I have been working furiously on a presentation for the Handweavers' Guild of Connecticut which I just completed yesterday.  It was a fabulous day.  I gave a

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. If you’re making mistakes, you’re doing something,”― Neil Gaiman I love this thought. And I want to keep it in mind for the new year. Now for another holiday mishmash entry. During

You can click away now if a digest-y, catch-up kind of posting is not to your taste because here I go with the catch-up digestion . . . (?) First, I want to (very belatedly) talk about Thanksgiving and the week

I may have mentioned (again and again) that I have been having some computer troubles lately.  Well, the good news is that my computer is fixed (new hard drive & logic board) and updated with the newest operating system.

After two year languishing in a plastic box my coat has been resuscitated by the efforts and generosity of Shirley Bergert.  Shirley took my deflected double weave class at NEWS this year, and when she saw the sad "fit fail"

After scrambling to recover from my time away from studio and family for the New York State Sheep and Wool Fair, I got to dive into another fiber adventure with Laverne Waddington of  http://backstrapweaving.wordpress.com fame. Laverne came to deliver an

This weekend was the annual New York State Sheep and Wool Fair held in Rhinebeck, NY.  I have gone to most of these fairs since the early 90s when I would knit sweaters for the family (not matching!), and we

Although weaving is often a solitary activity one of the great joys of weaving for me is other weavers.  I feel so fortunate to have a avocation (bordering on a vocation) that offers both the deep satisfaction of intense, solitary

I am still weaving away at the dimity yardage.  Life is busy and complicated at the moment, so I run out to the barn and fire as many shots as I can - run back inside to answer emails and

I have an exciting project on the loom.  It is a 20/2 wool dimity in three shades of brown.  Having learned a lesson with the black dimity skirt, i.e. make sure to enjoy the rich texture yourself because if it