Category: teaching
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Generosity
This is a scarf woven by a friend and gifted to me. There is no one who appreciates a hand woven gift as much as another weaver, especially if it is something different than they might usually weave. As usual with such gifts, it went into my teaching box as an example I wanted…
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Passing the Torch
Now I’m beyond the 1 year ‘anniversary’ (birthday?) and trying to move forward, I have managed to think about some things and make some tentative decisions. Right now, I still do not feel as though I am functional enough to give my prepared lectures. Each topic was carefully created for doing it online, using…
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Hand Baskets
Scrolling through some of my old photos, I came across this one that was taken by a professional photographer as part of an effort to produce marketing tools when we were primarily weaving place mats, table runners, etc., and selling them to craft/gift shops. We would attend the Southex Gift Show, held twice a…
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Receipts
I have a few other textile science books, but I didn’t feel like digging any further so this pile of books represents the kind of resource/reference book I own and which I consult frequently (the two standing up) or less frequently (the stacks in front) depending on what I want to check. If you…
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Where to Begin?
Leclerc decal from around 1950 Frequently I see questions on the internet, usually with a bunch of random loom parts/pieces with the question ‘is this a good place to start’? It depends. Do you know anything about looms? Can you tell if all the parts are there? Is it assembled or just a bunch…
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Peace and Quiet
I am in count down mode with my next back injection booked for next Tuesday. I feel like I’m about 3 weeks ‘late’ getting it, but there isn’t much that can be done. When I made the appointment, it seemed do-able and I’d be ‘fine’. Today? Not so much. On the other hand, some…
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Choosing
Realizing that the current sample warp could be off the loom as soon as (gasp!) tomorrow, figured I had better get cracking on choosing the next towel warp. I still have some (quite a lot, really) of the 2/15 natural white cotton to use up, and a small amount (for me) of the dyed…
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The Life So Short…
Would you believe that both of the above yarns have the same fibre content (cotton) AND have the same number of yards per pound? Well, they do. But that’s the thing about assumptions. They will trip us up at times. I made an assumption about an issue another weaver was having and I assumed…
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Handweavers Guild of America – Textiles and Tea
Registration Link A few months ago I was contacted by HGA to see if I would be part of their Textiles and Tea series. I thought long and hard about it, not sure if I could successfully participate. I was still frequently blanking on words I wanted to use, and trying to hold a…
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In These Uncertain Times
In going through some binders of ‘stuff’ a while back, I ‘found’ this newspaper clipping. It was from 1997, and I was having a small exhibit of my weaving in a local gallery/shop. One of the things on display was the 3 piece outfit I wove, which won a ‘technical excellence’ award at the…