Category: road trip
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Ground Hog Day
Look familiar? It should. It’s the state of the studio – still. I’m beginning to feel like a character in Ground Hog Day – you know, the same day that dawns over and over again? I’ve not touched the looms at all for days because it has been a repeat of warp winding, cone winding,…
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Prep Work
warping station, bins of cones and warps, cone winders (yes, two of them) on the work table with cones ready to be filled…busy, busy, busy! Squirrel cage swift just visible on the left – so much nicer than an umbrella swift (click on photo to biggify) Today was open house at the guild so not…
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Over the Hump
Again, colours not ‘true’ to real life. The red is darker and redder, not so orange. I have completely lost count of how many shawls I’ve woven. I think this might be number eight. With an expected 12 shawls for this warp, that means I’m very nearly 2/3’s of the way through this warp. It…
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Time Flies
It seems a long time ago Kerstin and I were wending our way through the north of England and southern Scotland visiting every textile mill we could find. This photo is from Masson Mill and shows the rather large warp winding beam used by industry. But really, it was only – what – 2 years…
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Time Flies
It seems a long time ago Kerstin and I were wending our way through the north of England and southern Scotland visiting every textile mill we could find. This photo is from Masson Mill and shows the rather large warp winding beam used by industry. But really, it was only – what – 2 years…
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Mad Scramble
Life keeps tossing small grenades at us. Nothing critical, at least not yet, and I’m keeping positive thoughts that they will have been more flash than bang. But of course I have also been up to my old tricks trying to squeeze one more thing into my schedule here, one more there, generally at the…
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It’s Over!
No pictures, sorry. You will have to take my word for it that we had a great time. 😉 The weather has been absolutely delightful. It was almost a pity we were inside, but the studio windows opened so we did have some fresh air. And a person or two did go for a walk…
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Quietude
This warm orange glow is another painted warp for scarves. It is the last of the warps on hand, but I will be picking up three more and some custom dyed yarn for scarf weft on this trip. Once the Big Project is over the priority will be to finish off the last of the…
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Crossroads
And we’re back, leaping into the fray…so to speak. The chartreuse warp is ready to weave. In fact, after I took this photo I decided I wanted to test to make sure I didn’t have anything to ‘fix’ before I began in earnest so I tossed a few inches of a contrasting weft just to…
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Spring!
We arrived in the lower mainland after dinner and wonder of wonders the rain stopped so we didn’t have to drive in rush hour in the wet. We had quite enough wet on the journey down, everything from snow, sleet, hail as well as rain. I’m hoping for more dry tomorrow for set up and…