Author: Laura Fry
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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…
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Remote Teaching
Teaser… Yesterday I finished weaving the samples for the next article for WEFT. No, I’m not going to explain this photo – it’s a teaser. I don’t know if the photos I took are good enough, but I needed to have photos to show what I was going to attempt to explain using words. …
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Rocky Road (CW personal health issues)
This meme has never resonated so thoroughly as I begin what appears to be the beginning of recovery from what has been making my life miserable for literally years. As with any health issue, it appears to be true that however long it took you to get to ‘bottom’ it takes the same time…
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Interdependent
‘linen tester’ showing .25, .50 and 1 inch dimensions (got it from Jane Stafford) New weavers don’t get the connection between the various factors in the development of a cloth. That is not a ‘failing’, just a lack of knowledge. It is only after they weave enough cloth, pay attention to the results, that…
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Interdependent
‘linen tester’ showing .25, .50 and 1 inch dimensions (got it from Jane Stafford) New weavers don’t get the connection between the various factors in the development of a cloth. That is not a ‘failing’, just a lack of knowledge. It is only after they weave enough cloth, pay attention to the results, that…