Author: Laura Fry
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Learning Journey
Once again I’m playing with my little microscope, trying to see beyond the ‘obvious’. The yarn on the left is 2/20 merc. cotton, the one on the right is 2/10 merc. cotton. I use that designation because it is pretty clear (to me) that they have been ring spun – the yarns are smooth…
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Inching Forward
Spent some time over the past couple of days trying to think how best to organize myself, given the extreme limits on my energy (if I had more energy, my available time would be plenty). I think I’ve sorted out a few things. One of them is the necessity to re-thread the sample warp…
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Keep On, Keeping On
A local friend phoned this morning. We haven’t spoken for a while (last year?) so it was pleasant to catch up a bit. She advised me that her raspberry bushes were producing well, and I offered a couple tea towels for the fresh fish she and her husband caught and a bowl of fresh…
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Reality Bubble
I suppose that I became aware of the concept of a ‘reality bubble’ rather early, in part because I read a lot. I also compared myself to other kids I knew and became aware that some had rather ‘more’ than I did, and some? Had less. For example, my brother and I never had…
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Reality Bubble
I suppose that I became aware of the concept of a ‘reality bubble’ rather early, in part because I read a lot. I also compared myself to other kids I knew and became aware that some had rather ‘more’ than I did, and some? Had less. For example, my brother and I never had…
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Reality Bubble
I suppose that I became aware of the concept of a ‘reality bubble’ rather early, in part because I read a lot. I also compared myself to other kids I knew and became aware that some had rather ‘more’ than I did, and some? Had less. For example, my brother and I never had…
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Ideas
Tranquility Where do ideas come from, anyway? Dunno. All I know is that I have an almost unending parade of new things I want to try, new designs I’d like to weave, new colour combinations that I’d like to see interact in warp/weft. What I don’t expect – or even *try* for – is…
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Too Much
When is something ‘too much’? Yesterday I talked about my brother, Don. Today I answered a question on a group and referenced the jacket I wove for him. It was a labour of love, quite literally. I would not have done it for anyone else in the world. He loved working with trains, eventually…
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Things Change
Don Holzworth driving the Little Prince steam loci At his memorial, one of his friends called my brother Don a catalyst. I had to agree. Then I spent a lot of time thinking about him – what he achieved in his (too short) life. I was honoured that he felt he could turn to…