Category: ANWG 2019
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Declaring it Done
Today I declared the warp for the conference ‘done’. There is very close 65 yards of fabric on the cloth storage roller. The cloth will be used for various conference purposes, such as decoration, name tags, souvenir tea towels/thank you gifts. Some people don’t realize just how far in advance preparations for such an event…
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Messy
My messy life… I am trying to cross some long delayed chores off my task list, the primary one being getting my ledger entries done, balanced, reconciled to my cheque book and file my GST (sales tax) for the second quarter of the year. I’ve got until the end of the month, but I’m due…
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Road Tripping
Tomorrow I will repack my bins and cases and get ready for the ANWG Conference taking place in Victoria, BC. Mary and I leave Wednesday morning. We will mosey southwards, taking a more scenic route through the interior of the province, along the Sea to Sky Highway and stay overnight in Squamish, then try for a fairly…
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Patience
I wish I had it – patience. It’s a lesson the universe has been trying to instill into me for a very long time. Nearly 67 years, I would venture to guess. This warp is for the conference here in 2019. I am weaving towel ‘blanks’ in the conference colours which will be cut…
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Maintenance
Normally I weave on the AVL pretty reguarly. Unfortunately with the way Life Happened over the last six months, I barely got to the studio, never mind the AVL. Since the AVL is a wooden ‘machine’ with lots of added bells and whistles, it needs maintenance. When I’m weaving on it during the winter,…
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Happy Un-birthday
thanks to Doug for taking the photo of the Holzworth ladies! When you are an ‘independent contractor’, you don’t always get to choose dates that work ‘best’ for you. The group hiring you will set the date/time/place and you either agree…or don’t. This year mom turns 90. It has been a couple of long years…
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The Way I Like It
Allen Fannin (Handloom Weaving Technology) used to say that he liked boring because that meant nothing was going wrong. How right he was! So I am picking my way through this 100 yard long warp, hoping that the loom continues to behave (twice I’ve had to stop and fix ‘issues’ – when you add this…
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The Attraction of Long Warps
People often cringe at the thought of long warps. While it is true that longer warps pose some challenges, there are some very real benefits, too. For this project I am weaving panels, five yards long. Each panel will be the same, woven with the same colour rotation, in the same treadling. Warping the…