Category: SOS
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Winter -> Summer
Summer colours Seems we have jumped almost entirely over spring into summer. The forecast for next week is temps in the 20s (70s for those still not using metric measures) and yet this morning the furnace is running. We have a few weeks of ‘spring’ in which we need the furnace at night, the…
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Learning/Teaching
Thinking about the trip to Vancouver next week, knowing there really won’t be time (or energy) to visit Sweet Georgia. My life seems to be focused entirely on keeping this body going. Thinking about the essays. Brain fog is pretty thick right now and the Muse is quiet. For now. For which I’m grateful…
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Intentions
Once again, I had plans. They were good plans, too. Carefully crafted plans. Some of them with critical ‘looming’ deadlines. As usual, I have not yet managed to do everything on my daily to-be-done list. And it’s Thursday afternoon, so stuff I had *planned* to get done this week, in addition to the stuff…
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FAFO (Fool Around Find Out)
I did a little FAFO (or as some like to call it, the scientific method). In other words, I tried things, documented how they worked – or didn’t – and am now in the process of writing out my findings. And the instructions for the class they were designed for and woven to illustrate.…
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Prepping for the New Year
fabric for skirts for a local Ukrainian dance troupe Getting my 2023 calendar in order, realizing how jammed the first week of January is with 3 days of Zoom presentations. The whole month, really, given everything else going on. The first Zoom is for School of Sweet Georgia on Jan. 4 on the topic of…
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Ergonomics
” Keep in mind, however, that frequent repetitive bending or twisting beyond what is comfortable can lead to discomfort, which in turn interferes with weaving” The photo is of me, showing how I hold the shuttle to ‘throw’ it. The quote is pulled from the latest Handwoven which is running an article on ergonomics. Twisting…
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Unpacking Fun
Just rolled in the door from Vancouver. The weather held for the entire trip, which was lovely. The drive each way was nice. We were stopped several times for road construction so the trip down was 12 hours. There were fewer delays and not very heavy traffic coming home so the return trip was…
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Coming Down to the Wire
We make plans. The universe laughs. Hope springs eternal. Even as I despair of meeting my (self-imposed) deadlines, a tiny part of my brain is thinking, thinking, thinking and even as I say “I’m done” that little kernel wonders, what if…? The taping for the next two classes will soon be history and filed…
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Continuing Saga of the Never Ending Stash
Yesterday I finished threading the 2/8 cotton warp, got it sleyed, tied on, generated a treadling and wove the first towel. The half bleached linen (slightly slubby and hairy) yarn is working quite well on the mixed beige warp and I’m pleased with the results. It kind of looks like a pastry dusted with…