Category: stash reduction
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Not Over – Yet
I lose track of the days, when I started something, so I don’t remember exactly when I put this warp on the beam. I’ve had a few days that, for one reason or another, I didn’t make my two towels a day goal, so I’m not quite done with this warp. Yet. Four more…
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Progress Tracker
empty cardboard tubes With the stated goal of using up/emptying tubes of yarn, it seemed to be taking a very long time to get significant progress happening. So far, on the current warp, these tubes were emptied. I didn’t count, but it is a satisfying pile. A confirmation that I have made progress, that…
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When The Well Runs Dry
Rarely have I had the well run dry of ideas for more textiles. It was one of the things that drew me to weaving – I almost immediately saw the potential for unlimited creativity. So much so that I became overwhelmed and my biggest challenge then became to choose what to do. I did that…
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Merry-go-round
Yesterday I did the edits on the latest draft in readiness for when the current warp is woven. One part of me takes enormous comfort from repeating the tried and true. Another part of me frets that I have more than enough tea towels, when am I going to work on something else? But right…
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Enough
view from under the loom – this cloth has two distinct sides. The part of the cloth on the beam is the ‘right’ side, the part above shows the ‘wrong’ side – which is what I see while I weave. Because I prefer to lift fewer shafts. Got the first towel woven on the striped…
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Bread and Roses
I would feel more satisfied about the ‘holes’ here… …if it weren’t for the bins of yarn pulled for the next warps here… With my yarn out where I can (mostly) see it, I have been feeling a bit smug about the holes developing in the yarn stored on the shelving near the Megado. Yesterday…
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Awkward Photo
photo taken from under the loom, late at night draft of the design The draft is sideways – I forgot to rotate it before saving it, but you can see the general gist of it. This is the latest draft I used from Ars Textrina. (No, the book does not ‘name’ the drafts, they are…
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Creativity
This draft was created a number of years ago – in fact many years ago. It was for the master level of the Guild of Canadian Weavers certificate and is a draft for huck lace, incorporating spot, lace and plain weave areas. Many hours were spent running through options and placement of the three different…
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Procrastination
Procrastination. It’s a thing. There are times when I find myself not really wanting to do something, finding all sorts of distractions for not Doing The Thing. Dragging my feet. Shoving That Thing aside, over and over again. The more I shove it aside, the less I want to actually do it. Over the years…
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Aging Out
Object lesson – yarn doesn’t last forever. The very dark navy that makes up the majority of this warp is ‘old’. Purchased in the late 1990s for a couple of projects, it has languished since then on my shelves, patiently waiting – and apparently deteriorating – ever since. Now very dark colours, especially those with…