Category: teaching
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The Right Question
When it comes to life, sometimes we need to ask the ‘right’ question in order to get a ‘good’ answer. So it has been for me, these past few years. Not that I have ever stopped asking questions, of course not. But there come to be times in life which, upon reflection, can be…
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Hubris
Once again I was reminded that I need to check ALL of the sheds to make sure they are clear before I jump in and begin weaving. What this photo doesn’t show is the repair I had to make due to a sleying error. We are now advanced enough in the season that it…
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‘Experts’
the culmination of years of research and experimentation one of the garments woven for the Guild of Canadian Master Weavers certificate The first time someone referred to me as an ‘expert’ I cringed. Literally. The Oxford Concise Dictionary defines ‘expert’ as: trained by practice, skilful, person having special skill or knowledge An ‘expert’ (I’ll stop…
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Collective Learning
“The life so short, the craft so long to learn” Recently someone posted this quote in reference to learning the craft of weaving (any craft really) amid a discussion of how one learns all the things there are to know about how to create a textile. New weavers are anxious for definitive answers when the…
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Those Pesky Numbers
The above photo is in black and white because it shows the difference between American open end spun 8/2 cotton (below) and ring spun 2/8 cotton (above) more clearly. Those numbers are used, these days, interchangeably although they do actually have meaning beyond the obvious – 2/8 (and 8/2) cotton is spun to the imperial…
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Weaving Police
Craft fair booth People want definitive answers to technical questions. It was one of the things I had to accept while learning how to weave – it all depends. In many cases my weaving instructor was almost as inexperienced as her students, but her approach to teaching was to tell us to go look it…
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Covid Challenges
My You Tube Channel Workshop via Handwoven (Long Thread Media) With the stay at home orders and businesses being closed, many people are experiencing hardship in terms of income. Events are being cancelled. People are disappointed that their long awaited chance to meet with others is being thwarted or that they can’t afford to purchase…
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Covid Challenges
My You Tube Channel Workshop via Handwoven (Long Thread Media) With the stay at home orders and businesses being closed, many people are experiencing hardship in terms of income. Events are being cancelled. People are disappointed that their long awaited chance to meet with others is being thwarted or that they can’t afford to purchase…
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Fibre Events
Our conference wrapped up last year, but there are fibre events all over the continent that are having to cancel, some of them at extremely short notice. Fibres West got the news on Thusday afternoon just as vendors were putting finishing touches on their booths that the show was not going to open Friday morning.…
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Up and Running
In between preparing for classes, trying to weave or at least do something productive in the studio each day, running back and forth trying to get the new cpu on line…it’s been a week. However, here she is! Thank you to those folk who helped by contributing my my ko-fi account. I bought my first…