Category: teaching
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Lace Weave Workshop
One of the things about procrastination…it makes critical deadlines happen. I needed to have at least one draft ready by the guild meeting tonight so I started out by selecting the warps for the workshop, then wound the silk warp for one of the two people registered. The benefit of teaching locally is 1) the…
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Picking Up the Reins
HWSDA Not knowing when my surgery would take place or how long it would take to recover, I cancelled all my commitments for teaching and vending for this year. Now that the surgery is done, I have been tentatively making bookings. My first is doing the local guild program in April, then a two day…
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Jumping!
Back to my quiet studio, getting this red warp ready to weave. I don’t usually go to the drop in Saturday mornings, but I was hoping one of the new wannabe weavers would come in, plus I wanted to spin up the rest of the merino/cashmere rolags Margaret had made for me on her blending…
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Looming
next place mat warp being threaded With the new year come the pundits with their forecasts for what’s going to be hot – or not. On Facebook was an article about up and coming crafts. It was interesting to see the textile crafts being touted as ‘hot’ – the coil baskets, macrame, the….home looming. Sigh.…
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Stubborn
Last spring a young friend asked me how on earth I managed to finish the thesis/monograph for the Master Weaver certificate. She was struggling to finish her thesis for a degree. Since she was an athlete I figured I would use a metaphor that she could relate to and told her that it was just…
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New Weaver
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network This isn’t the best photo – taken on my cell phone. Would you believe this was woven by a complete and absolute beginner? Perfectly straight selvedges and a beat that was pretty darned consistent! The guild has a couple of looms with warps on so…
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Colour Blast
After 30 yards of beige, especially during the dreary grey days we had been having, I really needed a palette change. Since the AVL was nekkid and the Leclerc still had the last half of a painted warp in RED, it was a delight to switch over to that loom. Not only that, but to…
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Imperfect
So, here is the next warp. It’s not perfect. You might just be able to make out the mistake I made when generating the threading for this. Seems my pain fogged brain wasn’t really up to the task. As I threaded yesterday, I came across a discrepancy – a doubled block. When I checked back…
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Life, Reimangined
Once again Life has taught me that you should never get too attached to your plans because when Life Happens, you are not in control anymore. Doesn’t matter what plans you may have, other things suddenly need to take priority. I won’t go into the details of my health issues except to say that once…
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Life, Reimangined
Once again Life has taught me that you should never get too attached to your plans because when Life Happens, you are not in control anymore. Doesn’t matter what plans you may have, other things suddenly need to take priority. I won’t go into the details of my health issues except to say that once…