Category: teaching
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Simple Questions/Answers
People new to the craft of weaving are usually looking for definitive answers to what they think are very simple questions. They are expecting a simple answer to their simple question. The problem is, weaving (like life, really) is anything but simple. In fact, it can be quite…messy…in terms of the things that need to…
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It’s Really Real!
When I originally talked to the college about having the master weaver class here in Prince George, it was kind of a huge gamble – we are just a day’s drive from Olds College and there is no Fibre Week – it is just 6 days of intensive study. Would we get enough people? Would…
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Learning
One of the lessons in Level one of the Olds program is to look at colour value. As such, it is sometimes hard for people to distinguish the difference in value between shades of the same colour. One nifty way to help see value differences is to render them in black and white. I took…
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Reprieve
So the six month emotional roller coaster successfully crested another hill and I am coasting for another six months. Now that I know I’m good to go for a while longer I can start making some plans for the coming year. I am also delighted to be off the beta blocker which was causing way…
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Olds College Master Weaving Program
We need one more student for the Olds Master Weaving program here in Prince George. There are some advantages to taking the class here – no distractions, six days (rather than five) of intensive class work. Looms provided (unless you want to bring your own table loom), small class, lots of attention from the instructor…
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Olds College Master Weaving Program
We need one more student for the Olds Master Weaving program here in Prince George. There are some advantages to taking the class here – no distractions, six days (rather than five) of intensive class work. Looms provided (unless you want to bring your own table loom), small class, lots of attention from the instructor…
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Olds College Master Weaving Program
We need one more student for the Olds Master Weaving program here in Prince George. There are some advantages to taking the class here – no distractions, six days (rather than five) of intensive class work. Looms provided (unless you want to bring your own table loom), small class, lots of attention from the instructor…
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Learning Ways
You Tube Channel There are many video clips on You Tube, some of them better than others. I don’t claim mine are the best, but I have added my voice to the internet. Everyone learns differently and the recent influx of new weavers, either via rigid heddle looms or baby wraps means that the population…
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Learning Ways
You Tube Channel There are many video clips on You Tube, some of them better than others. I don’t claim mine are the best, but I have added my voice to the internet. Everyone learns differently and the recent influx of new weavers, either via rigid heddle looms or baby wraps means that the population…
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363 days
I’ve used up three of my lives now, I think. It was 363 days ago that I prepared for surgery – a fairly major surgery that left me weak as a kitten, but ‘saved’. It’s been a long year in many ways – the recovery was long and challenging. At times it was down right…