Category: craft fairs
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Carrots
When I say I don’t get bored weaving, I do mean that. But I can and do get tired. I have been pushing myself hard – essentially since January – what with all the travel, teaching and production weaving. And I am getting tired. It is getting harder and harder for me to go to…
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A Little Respite
My shoulder has been ‘bothering’ me since my back went ‘out’ last March. It wasn’t helped by my powering through all the scarf warps on the Leclerc Fanny – all that cranking on the handle to bring the warp forward and reset the tension. About 40 times per scarf. This morning I went to the…
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99%
scarf #133 close up I think it is Thomas Edison who is credited with the saying that creativity is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. This is very true when you are a production weaver making a ‘line’ for sale. Almost all of the creativity is in the proving of the concept. Once you’ve got the…
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Measuring Progress
some of the scarves woven since Tuesday last week – still need to be fringe twisted and wet finished One of the ways I measure productivity is by crossing things off a list of jobs to be done. Unfortunately when one item on the current list reads “Weave 36 scarf warps” it takes a rather…
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Elephant on the Menu
box of warps box of weft next warp being beamed It may have been Thomas Edison who is credited with the saying that creativity is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. I’m at that stage now where it is eat-the-elephant. Once scarf, one warp, working up the perspiration in order to get as many of the painted…
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A Little Room
Today Doug unloaded the van and I unpacked the boxes of inventory. Tomorrow I will sort through everything and choose those textiles that will go on ‘sale’ in hopes of moving them on to a new home. There are several scarf lines that only have a few scarves left, there are just 9 placemats, a…
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Decisions
There are many decisions to be made when you begin to try to sell your hand made items. The first one is which show(s) to do. I was very lucky as I chose weaving during the 70’s when a whole lot of my generation were actively pursuing sustainable living and hand crafted items. Many of…
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Another Year, Another Sale
Circle Craft is over for another year. In the end it went well enough that we will likely return next year. The show, which encompasses Remembrance Day, will run Thursday to Monday next year. I don’t know if that is A Good Thing or not. Guess we will find out. Today I joined the shoppers.…
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Elastic Time
I know that time is elastic…all the time that is lacking in the weeks leading up to a show snap back during the show…. This morning was painfully slow. Depressingly slow. The crowds did not materialize, no doubt due to the crisp but sunny day. Who wants to be cooped up inside on what might…
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Elastic Time
I know that time is elastic…all the time that is lacking in the weeks leading up to a show snap back during the show…. This morning was painfully slow. Depressingly slow. The crowds did not materialize, no doubt due to the crisp but sunny day. Who wants to be cooped up inside on what might…