Category: Olds Master Weaving
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Asking Questions
“The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.†― Alexandra K.Trenfor When you don’t know something, but want to, the best way to learn is to ask questions. But when you don’t know what you don’t know, you don’t know that you don’t know it. 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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The Last Box
Today the ‘last’ box of homework arrived. I think this year may have been a bit of an anomaly. I would have to check my class list, but I think that every student in both level one classes I taught last year submitted (or will) their homework for marking. Even though Life Happened in a…
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Change One Thing
Change one thing and everything can change. Such a simple sentence. Such a complex concept. This is one of the principles that are explored in the Olds Master Weaving (level one) class. I say this over and over. Usually after saying “It depends.” The best short answer to almost every question in weaving is “It…
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Change One Thing
Change one thing and everything can change. Such a simple sentence. Such a complex concept. This is one of the principles that are explored in the Olds Master Weaving (level one) class. I say this over and over. Usually after saying “It depends.” The best short answer to almost every question in weaving is “It…
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Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
No one gets to be my age without making some mistakes, having some regrets. And yes, I have. Mostly those mistakes were errors in judgement – how much I was actually capable of accomplishing. Hanging onto something that wasn’t working for too long. Some of these errors wound up causing me grief, in one way…
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Crunchy
The above is a close up of wool fibre. The scales are very apparent seen this close up. Thinking about teaching the upcoming class while I dress the loom once again. I like to leave a warp ready to go so that I can just jump on the loom as soon as I get home.…
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Stash-a-lanch
I am in the throes of finding my teaching aids for the two Olds classes I am teaching in June, which is a bit of a challenge because I also have all the samples for all the other workshops I’ve taught over the years. Things have gotten shifted multiple times over the past year due…
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Prep Work
So Saturday was my mom’s interment and everything that needs to be done for her has been done. Now it is time to think about deadlines. Which loom. Threateningly. It would seem that starting to panic a wee bit a month before a class might be a bit premature, but in reality, most of my…
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Lessons Learned
Life is full of lessons. You don’t always get what you want (thank you Rolling Stones). The customer isn’t always right, even when the customer is…you. A child has someone (one hopes) to look after them; an adult has to take care of themselves (with a little help from their friends {thank you Joe Cocker…