Category: Circle Craft Shop
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Advertising/Marketing/Promoting
I was reminded recently that I haven’t mentioned the things I sell for a while – especially Magic in the Water now being available for sale in either PDF or print-on-demand. Then there is the book/monograph I published in English for Kerstin Fro:berg, Weave a V. If you are in Europe, you might like to…
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Black Friday
The above photos are four of the 8 tea towels/table centres currently listed on my on line shop with more to come next week. I’d just like to remind people that prices include free shipping to the US and are listed in those tiny Canadian dollars. Therefore a ‘bargain’? Interweave Press is also having a huge…
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Plans vs Reality
Stephanie Pollack has brilliantly summed up Life. I am a plan maker, a deadline meet-er. I purposely set up my life with goals I want to obtain, in a time frame that I need to work towards, pretty much daily. Having goals and deadlines gives me the adrenaline I need to get out of bed…
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Here We Go…Again
Yesterday was set up day for the other local show we do – Studio Fair. I have been doing this show, first as a volunteer, then as an independent crafts person for a very long time. I’ve watched it grow into the higher end show it now is, attracting artisans from across the country. I’ve…
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Seasons/Cycles
People sometimes forget that for me, weaving is a year round, full time job. And so when I appear at a craft fair, the contents of my booth do not reflect just a few weeks or even months of work, but at times, years. Since I have never yet actually sold out of anything in…
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One Down, Two…
The first show of my craft fair season is done and dusted. I have a few days ‘off’ to try and tame this cold – because man, I feel miserable! Thank goodness Doug doesn’t mind selling. I pretty much sat in the background and let him deal with it. The photo is of a traditional…
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Satisfied
Yesterday Doug loaded the van with most of the stuff for the coming craft fairs. There are still a few things left to go in, including the cart we use to transfer all the boxes from van to booth location. This weekend will be the Artisans of the North at the University. We once again…
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Culmination
I’m at the fun bit of weaving – sitting at the loom, contentedly weaving away, piling up the yards/meters. Thinking. Because when everything is going well and you only need surface attention for the task at hand, the mind can go wandering. This morning I was thinking about how cyclic in nature being a professional…
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Bumps
Life is full of bumps, lumps, twists and turns. The last couple of warps that I put onto the AVL I had some errors that required fixing and this time I decided I needed something that would be simpler to set up. It’s also something that many people find attractive – a twill block version…
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Stash
I routinely moan about the size of my stash. Admittedly it’s much too large – I have way too much yarn. My goal in life is to weave it down. That said, having a large stash with lots and lots of colours allows me to play/experiments with combining colours. This warp isn’t particularly innovative but…