Category: A Thread Runs Through It

  • Impostor Syndrome

    Impostor Syndrome

      Got the next bookmark started.  Since I’m working with ‘fat’ yarns, I had to figure out how to scan the pricking (design), then enlarge it.  Harder than I expected given the computer now converts scans to Google documents, which then needed to be converted to something I could insert into a Word document and…

  • How Long Does It Take?

    How Long Does It Take?

      chameleon This is the warp going into the loom at the moment.  It was inspired by ‘snake skin’ but the warp colour is a combination of two blues (peacock and bleu moyen from Brassard) so I’m calling it ‘chameleon’.  The first weft will be navy with a slightly purplish cast, from Borgs (I think…

  • The End

    The End

      Flying Free – linen warp, grosgrain ribbon weft, about 2′ by 4′ Well, I just hit ‘send’ on the final file for the new book. I submit this manuscript to the editor with a great deal of trepidation, not because of what they will say, but if it will be received by the ‘public’…

  • The Insistent Muse

    The Insistent Muse

      One of my many small publications – when I look back, I’m actually a bit amazed at how many I have produced. Now that the dust is settling from the latest book launch, I’m entering the next phase – the marketing. My previous books had long lead ups to launch so by the time…