Author: Laura Fry
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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…
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9th Life; 1st Birthday
Next week will mark the first birthday of my re-birth, or the beginning of my 9th life. I was on the way to an appointment, and for some reason I ‘stumbled’ and did a face plant. A couple walking towards me saw me go over, like a tree that had been felled, and rushed…
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Delays
My copy of WEFT arrived and I neglected to book the guild room for another ‘weavers gathering’. However, it looks like this coming Sunday, August 24, 2025 is available and the room/key person is willing to come open the room for me, so…even though I delayed getting the word out, people may show up. …
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Cleaning Up
One of the towels listed in my ko-fi shop Today I finally managed to get into my ko-fi shop and clean up my listings removing the USA from destinations that I will ship to, which leaves just…Canada. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of my sales in ko-fi were made…
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Where to Begin?
Leclerc decal from around 1950 Frequently I see questions on the internet, usually with a bunch of random loom parts/pieces with the question ‘is this a good place to start’? It depends. Do you know anything about looms? Can you tell if all the parts are there? Is it assembled or just a bunch…
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Puzzling Things Out
Puzzles were a frequent ‘game’ in my childhood home, and I returned to building them as an adult. Puzzles aren’t all that different from what goes into building a cloth. Lots of little pieces of the equation to fit into the formula, with lots of leeway to slide this way or that along a…
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More Books
One of the ‘fun’ things about following people on social media is that you learn of things you might never have known about. There are several authors I follow on Bluesky, and since I enjoy the writing of Guy Gavriel Kay, I always take notice when he recommends a book by someone else. Generally he…
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It’s the Little Things
In so many ways I have been feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the things going ‘wrong’ in this world. Now, ‘conservatives’ should be ‘happy’ but I’ve come to the conclusion that they are never happy, they are just extremely unhappy right down to the core of their being. So, given I am in…
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It’s the Little Things
In so many ways I have been feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the things going ‘wrong’ in this world. Now, ‘conservatives’ should be ‘happy’ but I’ve come to the conclusion that they are never happy, they are just extremely unhappy right down to the core of their being. So, given I am in…