Author: Laura Fry
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Driver’s Manual
I get it. People are interested in weaving. So they buy a loom and then…ask for a ‘manual’ for the type of loom they bought – usually second (or more) hand loom. Sometimes they know so little they don’t even know if the loom is complete. Or they wonder which brand it is –…
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Life’s GPS
6 shaft 4 block Bronson Lace One of my favourite weave structures to design with is Bronson Lace. Yesterday I worked on the article for WEFT (no this isn’t a draft from the article) and was reminded how neat, how tidy the weave structure is. And how much freedom I have because I know…
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Carrots. Sticks.
if life were easy… Anyone following this blog for any time will be aware that I’ve managed to stumble through a bunch of health issues. If it was ‘easy’, everyone would be doing it? Anyway, it has NOT been ‘easy’, and I’m a long way away from being fully functional. However, as the neurosurgeon…
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Avalanche
I had to take this photo at an angle in order to show up the motif. White on white is very difficult to photograph, but I think this turned out ok. This is the same threading I used for the last warp (tea towels with the highly energized/twisted weft) and I thought it was…
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Roller Coaster (CW – health issues)
Even as (some) things get ‘better’, (some) things get ‘worse’. So hey, I’m still here. I’m not doing much right now, though. My body seems to hate me, although in reality it is just complaining. Mostly about how many times I ‘pushed through’ whatever it was I was dealing with at the time. ‘Rode…
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Roller Coaster (CW – health issues)
Even as (some) things get ‘better’, (some) things get ‘worse’. So hey, I’m still here. I’m not doing much right now, though. My body seems to hate me, although in reality it is just complaining. Mostly about how many times I ‘pushed through’ whatever it was I was dealing with at the time. ‘Rode…
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Roller Coaster (CW – health issues)
Even as (some) things get ‘better’, (some) things get ‘worse’. So hey, I’m still here. I’m not doing much right now, though. My body seems to hate me, although in reality it is just complaining. Mostly about how many times I ‘pushed through’ whatever it was I was dealing with at the time. ‘Rode…
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Resources for Learning
Jacquard woven hanging by Sandra Rude Sandra Rude Grant The Complex Weavers will be meeting soon, and they have just announced their event details, one of which is a memorial grant in honour of Sandra Rude. I first ‘met’ Sandra when I was a member of WeaveTech. We had several conversations online, and then…
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Building Foundations
I got back to the desktop yesterday and started working on the text and diagrams for the next article. I don’t expect them to use the diagram above – they have ‘nicer’ graphics software – but I wanted to provide the draft information to explain the 3 options for threading this particular weave structure. …
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Tragedy – CW
white rose bushes on my daily walk when I could still walk We have been dealing with a national tragedy, and I can’t stop thinking about it. And how this tragedy is being dealt with here in Canada. And how the alt right is using our grief to make political points. If you don’t…