Author: Laura Fry
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Ergonomics
I see videos on line all the time from people who urge weavers to use ergonomic motions and position/posture. And then demonstrate methods that aren’t actually all that ergonomic. Who am I to tell people what to do? Well, I’ve confirmed what I worked out mostly on my own after a good grounding by my…
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When You Don’t Know…
… what you don’t know, you don’t know that you don’t know it… I don’t remember who first mentioned this saying to me, but I’ve never forgotten it. Given one of my life goals was to try to teach people about the craft of weaving, it was a good reminder that when teaching a large,…
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Inching Along
This week I got very little done. Too many other things interferring with getting to the studio. However, that said, I did finish weaving the red tow linen, the last of the mats got cut apart and serged, then inspected and repaired, and then wet finished. I pressed the mats yesterday and now have the…
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Fugitive Dye
Yesterday I wet finished the second batch of linen place mats. I expected the dye to run and tossed 3 Color Catchers into the washing machine and let it run through the wash cycle with hot water wash, cold water rinse, with a double rinse. At the end of that cycle I dug around until…
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Sally Pointer
Sally Pointer is an archeologist specializing in experimental – or perhaps I could say experiential – archeology. Today when I finally started tackling my silk scarves to get them closer to ready for the guild sale at the end of this month, I grabbed my ipad and checked in the Podcast app for what the…
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Light Duties
I had hoped to get the current warp off the loom today, but we had a double dose of vaccines booked at midday (Covid and flu) and instead of weaving I’m making a pan of oat squares (because I ran out) and tomorrow will also be a light duty day because I have more ‘therapy’,…
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Little ‘Tricks’
The current warp is coming down to the end so I’ve been thinking more seriously about the next warp. I know which yarns I want to use, but I still need to cobble together a draft. It must be flexible because my first priority is to use up the linen yarn in the photo, but…
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Season Change
This summer has been very dry. Our area has been teetering on the brink of drought for the past few years and this year saw that continue. As such I have been keeping a closer eye on the relative humidity than usual because yarns – and looms – respond to the relative humidity in the…
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Tooting My Horn
In just the past few days I have seen quite a few questions about wet finishing on the internet. I try to answer the very specific question, but the issue of wet finishing is…complex. (I know, I know.) Magic in the Water is still available as a ‘magazine’ or PDF download from Blurb (link on…
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Training Wheels
I love to see a ‘new’ weaver learning to fly. Some people get SO excited, they want to leap into the deep end. Not something I want to discourage, but here’s the thing: I want people about to leap into the deep end to be wearing a life jacket. Or, at the very least, water…