Category: teaching
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Satellite Launch!
Got word yesterday that the satellite weaving program has been approved for Prince George, BC May 21-26, 2016. Registration will begin in the new year, perhaps as soon as the end of the first full week of the new school year (January 8 or so). Class will begin on the Saturday morning, run through the…
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Satellite Launch!
Got word yesterday that the satellite weaving program has been approved for Prince George, BC May 21-26, 2016. Registration will begin in the new year, perhaps as soon as the end of the first full week of the new school year (January 8 or so). Class will begin on the Saturday morning, run through the…
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Satellite Launch!
Got word yesterday that the satellite weaving program has been approved for Prince George, BC May 21-26, 2016. Registration will begin in the new year, perhaps as soon as the end of the first full week of the new school year (January 8 or so). Class will begin on the Saturday morning, run through the…
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Satellite Launch!
Got word yesterday that the satellite weaving program has been approved for Prince George, BC May 21-26, 2016. Registration will begin in the new year, perhaps as soon as the end of the first full week of the new school year (January 8 or so). Class will begin on the Saturday morning, run through the…
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Testing, Testing
After taking the year long (two semester) class in weaving at the local college, I knew I had merely scratched the surface of what could be learned about cloth construction. Now there is no need to delve into the depths, as it were, but like an iceberg what you see initially is only the tip!…
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Favourite Teacher
Once again Handwoven/Weaving Today is running their ‘favourite’ teacher contest. Click on the link to the left to submit yours…
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Prep Work
warping station, bins of cones and warps, cone winders (yes, two of them) on the work table with cones ready to be filled…busy, busy, busy! Squirrel cage swift just visible on the left – so much nicer than an umbrella swift (click on photo to biggify) Today was open house at the guild so not…
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Lovely Lace
Don’t forget to biggify for a larger picture… A friend came over one day, early in my career, looked around my house and wondered where all my weaving was. I told her I couldn’t afford my own weaving… Over the years I have made a few things especially for me but I have kept very…
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Odd Ball
Again, not quite true to life. The woven cloth looks very ‘pink’ on my monitor when it’s actually an orange/coral, more like the yarn in the shuttle. The cone on the left is about the same colour but a lighter value, while the cone on the right is pretty close although it looks a bit…
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One Bite
Again, not quite accurate to life…the orange is much brighter, more like the orange in the shuttle. This is, in the count down from #18, warp #10. When I finish weaving this warp I will be half way through the shawl warps. And that much closer to recovery. The exercises the physio gave me are…