Category: Next Big Project 2023

  On a chat group I belong to someone asked about ‘good’ books for a new weaver.  Many of the ‘classics’ were mentioned and then one person said this: “Another vote for Deborah Chandler’s Learning to Weave book since it’s the book I learned from as well. And Laila Lundell’s Big Book of Weaving because…

  On a chat group I belong to someone asked about ‘good’ books for a new weaver.  Many of the ‘classics’ were mentioned and then one person said this: “Another vote for Deborah Chandler’s Learning to Weave book since it’s the book I learned from as well. And Laila Lundell’s Big Book of Weaving because…

  On a chat group I belong to someone asked about ‘good’ books for a new weaver.  Many of the ‘classics’ were mentioned and then one person said this: “Another vote for Deborah Chandler’s Learning to Weave book since it’s the book I learned from as well. And Laila Lundell’s Big Book of Weaving because…

  It is coming to that time of year when the sun shines through the fan light in the front door, casting splashes of sunlight on the floor. It turned cold again this week but the gift is the clear skies (mostly) and brilliant sunshine glaring off the heaps of snow. It has been no…

  By yesterday afternoon I was feeling the pressure of the growing Next Big Project.  It was now large enough it was feeling cumbersome.  Before I continued generating more essays I needed to review what I had already done. (Some people may wonder why I am sharing so much of the creative process of writing. …

  By yesterday afternoon I was feeling the pressure of the growing Next Big Project.  It was now large enough it was feeling cumbersome.  Before I continued generating more essays I needed to review what I had already done. (Some people may wonder why I am sharing so much of the creative process of writing. …

  By yesterday afternoon I was feeling the pressure of the growing Next Big Project.  It was now large enough it was feeling cumbersome.  Before I continued generating more essays I needed to review what I had already done. (Some people may wonder why I am sharing so much of the creative process of writing. …

  Much of my weaving journey has been about popping my reality bubble.  Well, I don’t actually use ‘bubble’ as a metaphor much – because for most people what they live in isn’t very transparent.  It’s more like an onion. I have been peeling layers off my reality ‘onion’ for years.  Decades. Perhaps it is…

  I’ve lost count but I think I’m up to 20 essays now… This morning I took all the printed out copies of the essays written so far, put holes in the pages and labeled each so I could find the individual essays more easily, and put them into a three ring binder.  There are…

  the public path before someone cut down all the rose bushes… When I was healthier I used to walk my neighbourhood nearly everyday, partly for the exercise, partly to be more physically active in a more balanced way than weaving on the AVL, partly to just get out of the house.  Now, walking ‘too…