Author: Laura Fry
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Thinking about Thinking
Yesterday a friend came over for a visit. We have known each other since 1995 and we aren’t ‘besties’ but we enjoy each others company and used to get together frequently to make bobbin lace or other portable textile crafts. She is a professor of mathematics and has been a teacher since long before…
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Hand Baskets
Scrolling through some of my old photos, I came across this one that was taken by a professional photographer as part of an effort to produce marketing tools when we were primarily weaving place mats, table runners, etc., and selling them to craft/gift shops. We would attend the Southex Gift Show, held twice a…
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First ‘Birthday’
August 28, 2024 was a pleasant day. I got ready to leave for an appointment, appreciated a ‘clear’ sky – no wildfire smoke. I had plans for my day, but the world changed and my life with it. The past year has been a bit of a train wreck. I could watch it happening. …
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Breadcrumbs
Ms and Ws weaving draft As I scroll through my weaving files, I cannot fail to notice that so many of my designs have – at least lately – an abundance of twill variations. This one is ‘called’ Ms and Ws and is a simple 4 shaft twill which can look ‘fancy’. But it…
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More Sampling
wet finished and hard pressed on the left; wet finished and left to dry without applying a hard press Yesterday I was able to press the latest load of towels, which also had a sample to find out what the next yarn in the stash I want to focus on in order to weave…
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Marking Progress
one repeat in the warp with the right selvedge ‘border’ Yesterday I cut off and re-tied the warp with about 4 or maybe 5 more towels to be woven left on the loom. Obviously it was time to start thinking about my next warp. Since I’m still having issues with sinkholes in my brain,…
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Receipts
I have a few other textile science books, but I didn’t feel like digging any further so this pile of books represents the kind of resource/reference book I own and which I consult frequently (the two standing up) or less frequently (the stacks in front) depending on what I want to check. If you…
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Granny…core?
There was an article online that was titled something about knitting being ‘grannycore’. Assuming it was filled by pap about grannies being the ‘only’ knitters, I ignored it. Personally I learned to knit at age 5 and I know I’m not the only one. Just because I am a knitter in my dotage, doesn’t…
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Soap Box
wet finished loom state Heading into my 51st year as a weaver, I have been constantly amazed – and intrigued – by the transformation of the loom state web into the finished cloth. It has been a constant learning experience as I worked with different yarns, in different weave structures, and experimented with the…
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Soap Box
wet finished loom state Heading into my 51st year as a weaver, I have been constantly amazed – and intrigued – by the transformation of the loom state web into the finished cloth. It has been a constant learning experience as I worked with different yarns, in different weave structures, and experimented with the…