So I realized that all of the video clips I’ve got posted to my blog are of narrow weaving. And since the current warp is a bit wider at 26″, thought I’d do another video showing my weaving rhythm on this warp.
You can see that I’m a lot slower due to the simple fact that it takes the shuttle longer to traverse the shed than on a narrower warp.
After watching myself weave during the editing of these clips I was reminded of the poem by Robbie Burns – something about having the gift to see ourselves as others see us? I’m sure he never envisioned video cameras that would allow us just that gift.
Funny the things we focus on. I’m a – hmm – substantial – person (wish I were a little less substantial, but so far haven’t been able to change that). Anyway, I got mesmerized by the muscles in my forearm. Not a view that I generally get to see, after all!
During a workshop with Norman Kennedy he showed us slides of the Old People living on one of the remote islands off northern Scotland. I remember him commenting on the women and their forearms.
I think I’d fit right in should I ever visit.
currently reading The Dance of Death by Kate Sedley