Author: Laura Fry

  • Learning Journey

    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…

  • Inching Forward

    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…

  • New Book

    New Book

      I just posted to FB with info on this new publication, but FB has ‘lost’ my post.  So here I am, here, where *I* ‘control’ what gets published – or not. I heard that Michelle was writing another book – what I didn’t know was that she was working on the reference book that…

  • Keep On, Keeping On

    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…

  • Reality Bubble

    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…

  • Reality Bubble

    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…

  • Reality Bubble

    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…

  • Ideas

    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…

  • Too Much

    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…

  • Things Change

    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…