Category: SOS
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Onwards.
Aware of (ahem) looming deadlines, I checked the Olds College website this morning and levels 1, 2 and 3 of the master weaver program next month are confirmed. So now I need to work out how much (more) yarn I have to order. It has been my practice to take the skeins of wool…
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Samples? Check!
Single strand of Harrisville yarn GIST Array woven, up close and personal Scarf woven from GIST Array Today was a bitty day. A bit of this, a bit of that… One of the things I wanted to do was install my digital microscope onto my new laptop, but the microscope only had a CD…
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Quality
What is quality? Most people take the word quality to mean *good* quality, not bad. But the word ‘quality’ isn’t inherently good or bad. It’s always a good idea to choose a yarn suitable for the purpose of the intended cloth. Yarn all by itself isn’t good or bad – it just has built…
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Procrastination
I have been so focused on getting my stash woven down I have been letting my other deadlines slide. Of course I’ve always worked ‘best’ under the pressure of deadlines, so… But April is nearly over, next week it will be May! And I have things I need to take care of before June. …
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Magic in the Water
This morning I received a nice email from someone who had my book, but wondered if I had a DVD of the topic, I pointed her in the direction of Handwoven, where they have the topic as a ‘workshop’ on line. But of course, I also have the class on School of Sweet Georgia.…
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Deeper Understanding
Harrisville and Gist yarns Over the past year while I was developing my lecture series, I had to think about ways to inform people remotely. I didn’t have the capacity to do live video teaching, and besides there are others already doing that – and doing it very well – like Jane Stafford. I…
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Charting New Paths
The sap is rising, spring arrives, and with it? Hope. Hope for better days ahead. When you live in the ‘north’ (and truly we aren’t all that far north) you notice the change of seasons. The sun moves and daylight hours become longer, the earth stirs with new growth. This time, *this* time, things…
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Changing
I spent about 40 years working as efficiently as I could in order to make the most of my time. I learned early that while I could always make more money to buy more yarn, once I’d spent the coin of my time, it was gone. Forever. So I worked hard at being ergonomic…
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Changing
I spent about 40 years working as efficiently as I could in order to make the most of my time. I learned early that while I could always make more money to buy more yarn, once I’d spent the coin of my time, it was gone. Forever. So I worked hard at being ergonomic…
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Changing
I spent about 40 years working as efficiently as I could in order to make the most of my time. I learned early that while I could always make more money to buy more yarn, once I’d spent the coin of my time, it was gone. Forever. So I worked hard at being ergonomic…