Category: samples

  my father, a reminder of when moving snow was done in machines with open cabs and not much in the way of heaters We have been having a run of ‘true’ winter weather.  It is currently -21 C and the heat pump needs the assistance of the natural gas backup.  So far it is…

  An assortment of yarns Yesterday I managed to weave the first in the series of samples for the next WEFT article. During weaving I thought the results were…acceptable. When I was pulling the web off the beam, I realized they were not.  But they showed the results of what I was doing, and so…

  Today I saw someone asking how they know what epi they should use.  Using the same density and changing the weave structure could totally make the textile look different than what was intended! Since no one had been ‘that’ person (that I saw), I decided I would be. Not that I like being ‘that’…

  So, if yesterday’s ‘experiment’ was such a failure that I am looking to re-do it, why did I share it? Because that’s what life and learning is.  Failing, re-thinking, re-doing, until you get the results you desire. After the failure yesterday I found a home for the ‘bad’ plasticine I’d purchased, and checked at…

  So, if yesterday’s ‘experiment’ was such a failure that I am looking to re-do it, why did I share it? Because that’s what life and learning is.  Failing, re-thinking, re-doing, until you get the results you desire. After the failure yesterday I found a home for the ‘bad’ plasticine I’d purchased, and checked at…

  Welp, here it is, more or less. I wove the samples, wet finished them, tagged them for easy identification, analyzed them, wrote up my notes and conclusions, including my resource materials.  I sent the text file to a friend who I trust to run an analytical eye over what I’ve written and make sure…

  A magazine article isn’t a book, but some topics almost cry out for longer explanations and deeper dives.   Weaving isn’t hard, but it’s complex.  How do I approach writing an article that is actually very ‘layered’ and nuanced, within a strict word count?  How many tunnels in a particular rabbit warren do I go…

First two books available here   I’ve woven the samples I felt needed to be woven, and am beginning to dive into my bins of teaching samples to add to what I wove recently.  But I’ve hit a roadblock. There is a shittonne of information in those samples.  How do I distill it out for…

First two books available here   I’ve woven the samples I felt needed to be woven, and am beginning to dive into my bins of teaching samples to add to what I wove recently.  But I’ve hit a roadblock. There is a shittonne of information in those samples.  How do I distill it out for…

  repeat photo as I explain my identification process Yesterday I mentioned I was having to track a large number of samples, and because some needed to be wet finished, it took a while to figure out how to do that.  Someone asked what process I was using. I’m not supposed to talk about the…