Author: Laura Fry
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Loom Abuse
Wear and tear? Or Abuse? I weave. A lot. I have worn out a lot of loom parts over the years, first on the AVL, and now? The Megado. One time I posted to a group online asking about a ‘wear’ issue on my fairly new (at the time) Megado, and speculated if the…
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Loom Abuse
Wear and tear? Or Abuse? I weave. A lot. I have worn out a lot of loom parts over the years, first on the AVL, and now? The Megado. One time I posted to a group online asking about a ‘wear’ issue on my fairly new (at the time) Megado, and speculated if the…
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Spring! Sun!
traditional motif of Snails Trails and Cats Paws – in twill blocks, not overshot We are well into spring, now. The plum trees are almost finished blooming, the grass is growing, temps rising. Spring is such a time of hope. It is the time to plant things – and watch them grow. Kind of…
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Deep Dive
One of the things that fascinates me is the materials that are available to weave with. I fell into a little ‘extra’ money and had a gift card to Amazon, and found their listings for electronic microscopes. Then I had some fun burrowing down the rabbit hole, looking at threads up close and personal.…
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Deep Dive
One of the things that fascinates me is the materials that are available to weave with. I fell into a little ‘extra’ money and had a gift card to Amazon, and found their listings for electronic microscopes. Then I had some fun burrowing down the rabbit hole, looking at threads up close and personal.…
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Deep Dive
One of the things that fascinates me is the materials that are available to weave with. I fell into a little ‘extra’ money and had a gift card to Amazon, and found their listings for electronic microscopes. Then I had some fun burrowing down the rabbit hole, looking at threads up close and personal.…
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Subtle
I see so many suggestions about how to create ‘perfect’ selvedges. Many of them rely on this ‘trick’ or that ‘secret tip’. I’ve been weaving for 50 years, now, and I can assure you I agonized over my selvedges. I, too, looked for the ‘magic’ solution, fussed over creating ‘perfect’ selvedges. But here’s the…
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‘Interesting’ Times
As I scroll through the online groups I belong to, it is easy to become depressed at the state of the world right now. Can’t help but think about a half remembered poem ‘This is how the world ends – not with a bang but a whimper.’ The world seems to be falling apart…
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Say Their Name
two different colour ways of kitchen towels, 2/8 cotton warp, cotton flake weft In the past two weeks (give or take a day or two), 3 of my weaving ‘friends’ have died. The latest was someone I knew, not well, but respected. I took a class from her, and took a class along with…
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Following the Threads
This is one repeat of the design we call Swedish Snowflake. It is usually threaded over 8 shafts although it *can* be done on 4 – but with less definition. Since I’ve had 16 shafts since, I dunno, sometime in the 1980s, I tend to thread warps over all 16. It allows me to…