Category: guest post
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Guest Post – Lorraine W
One of my students decided to get some hard data for herself so she could better gauge her beating. She kindly agreed to write up what she did. Here is part 1. How hard am I beating ? I was weaving today and I noticed as I looked at my web, that there was this…
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Guest Post – Tanya
From time to time I offer students a chance to write a guest post. Tanya took me up on my offer to share her experience with the Olds program: “What could I possibly tell people about the Olds Master Weaver Level 1 class that is not already outlined very clearly in the course materials?†This…
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I’m Aiming for a Masters! – Dianne Q
Value gamp by Barbara S I’m aiming for a Masters…..not in golf or after getting my Baccalaureate….no, I’m working on the Master Weavers Certificate Program. The program comes from Olds College in Alberta but I’m able to get instruction at the Gaelic College (GC). Last June, eight otherwise experienced weavers took the leap into the…
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Guest Post – Mary Underwood
Cautionary Tale: Beware of Little Old Ladies Weaving Dishtowels Mary (left) and Alice In the summer of 1998 I would sit next to Alice Griswold in a class for ‘advanced weavers’ taught by Randy Darwall. I wasn’t in the advanced ball park — not even in the parking lot – but because we were evaluating…
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Guest Post – Victoria
New language I learned in class from the teacher: raw griege: unfinished cloth sleazy: cloth lacking structural integrity voluntold: Offering someone else as a resource; and then informing them of their impending generosity. Usually refers to spouse or offspring. p.i.t.a.: Polite Canadian acronym for a pain in the a**. ADOPT WHAT I CAN ADAPT I…
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Guest Post – Nancy C
Ergonomics of the Mind I’m Nancy Curtiss, and I needed some help. Well, as weavers, we know that we’re each a little warped, but when I attended the Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference in Chautauqua, New York over the weekend, I thought that I would mostly do just fine in my class called “The Efficient…
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Guest Post – Mary L
Channeling my Inner Laura I traveled to J.C. Campbell in North Carolina in February of 2012 to learn Efficient Weaving techniques. I already enjoyed designing and planning, I enjoyed weaving, I didn’t even mind warping. I knew if I could get the warp on faster and weave with ergonomics I’d advance from enjoy to love.…
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Guest Post – Betz
Winston Church once said “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it†and that’s what Laura Fry did during the five days I spent with her at her studio in Prince George, Canada. I wanted to learn how to be a more productive weaver and how to design projects and that is…
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Guest Post – Betz
Winston Church once said “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it†and that’s what Laura Fry did during the five days I spent with her at her studio in Prince George, Canada. I wanted to learn how to be a more productive weaver and how to design projects and that is…
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Guest Post – Peg Cherre
Warping valet update: After my first use of the valet with rayon (that was my blog post), I did another rayon warp. Partly because I was into a rayon weaving mode, and partly because I specifically wanted to do another ‘easy’ warp while I continued to get the hang of the new process. It felt…