Category: Olds College master weaving
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Retirement
This year my high school graduating class is having a 50th year reunion. I have mixed feelings about this. I was never in the ‘in’ crowd at school. I suppose I might have been considered a bit of a nerd. I actually liked school – for the most part. I enjoyed reading. I did my…
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Fatigue Brain Fog
Yes it’s March. No, winter isn’t over yet. (This photo is from a couple of years ago – the snow is actually much, much deeper/higher this year.) But the new year is well established and the calendar keeps rolling, day by day. Deadlines come – and go. And I am finally starting to feel better…
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Guest Post – Barbara S
In my weaving life, I learn something from every warp. Sometimes the lessons are based in exploring different structures, techniques or yarns; other times they come from air-brained moments of inattention. My latest adventure was a puzzle that required thought and analysis. As a student in the Olds Master Weaver program, Level 1, one of…
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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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Flurry of Activity
The past week has seen a flurry of activity as boxes of homework from two of the level one classes began arriving. The submissions have all been very good – which is a bit challenging. How do I comment when the student has pretty much figured out on their own what their weakness(es) may be…
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Better Than You Were
My work table gets used for all sorts of things. On this day I was doing some experiments on absorption. The past few days I have been marking student work. I have been thinking about the journey of learning a lot – as you do when marking. There is a popular saying right now that…
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Plans Afoot, Part II
No event comes into being without a lot of effort before it sees light of day. Venues have to be found, dates secured, budgets formulated, equipment found. For the past couple of months there have been arrangements being made for upcoming Master Weaving classes, both at Olds and in satellite locations. These events have now…
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Slowly
I forget how many towels are in this stack – 70? 80? Doug went pressing yesterday so there are 20 more waiting for me to hem while these wait for Doug to have time to go pressing again. Plus all the ones that are in the later stages of production – some already tagged, some…
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Invested
I’m waiting for an important delivery today, so instead of being at the loom where I might not hear the doorbell, I’ve been sitting plying the next yarn. And thinking. Lots of time to think when plying. I started thinking about how we ‘invest’ in our lives. So many ways to invest our time, our…
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Analytical Planner
Latest tea towel warp. I should be weaving the ones already wound, but I couldn’t resist this combination. The other day I was describing myself to someone who knows me but not very well. I said that I was analytical and a planner, both good traits for a weaver. Anyone who wants to learn how…