Category: Next Big Project 2023
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That Old Wet Magic!
loom state – alpaca wet finished – alpaca (samples from Magic in the Water) The other day Sharon asked on an on line group for some advice on wet finishing her alpaca-silk shawl so I discussed things that could be done and encouraged her to be more ‘aggressive’ in her fulling. Here is her…
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Age is ‘Just’ a Number
I come from the generation that coined the phrase ‘never trust anyone over 30’. Heh. Oh yes, I was once young. And invincible. Or so I thought. Younger me could be heard saying things like ‘Age is just a number; you are only as old as you think you are!’ Current me laughs, uproariously.…
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Age is ‘Just’ a Number
I come from the generation that coined the phrase ‘never trust anyone over 30’. Heh. Oh yes, I was once young. And invincible. Or so I thought. Younger me could be heard saying things like ‘Age is just a number; you are only as old as you think you are!’ Current me laughs, uproariously.…
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Different Slant
When I began weaving this combination, I wasn’t confident that it was a good colour choice. The warp is a turquoise and cyan, threaded randomly, the weft a kind of periwinkle. The day I started weaving was grey and dreary and dull, and the colours also looked dull. But intellectually, they *ought* to ‘work’,…
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Symptoms and Solutions
I ought to be working on something more productive, but I have a lot of thoughts swirling around in my brain and the best way for me to deal with the thought squirrels is to write them out. After three years of pandemic isolation, NOT going out if I don’t absolutely have to, avoiding…