Category: teaching
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Here We Go Round Again
Assembly, Part II. And Done! All that is left now is to haul everything back down the stairs and over to the annex for storage. The guild room was somewhat cooler given the t-storm that rattled the rafters and the rain last night, but not by much. Although I should not complain – it was…
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Outreach
Next towel – this time 1:3-3:1 twill blocks with 1:3 twill hems. Notice that the selvedge is curling slightly in the hem area – this is totally and completely normal in a 1:3 twill and will get pressed flat during wet finishing. I have been talking to other teachers about how to reach students without…
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Keeping Track
New calendar year. I use ‘undated’ washable calendars to set out my teaching and show schedule. I was very late in getting my 2013 calendar set out but now I have a firm booking for January 2013 figured I’d better get it sorted before I left! I use Windex cleaner as I’ve found it to…
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Reality Check
sample #5 loom state There are delusions and optimism – and then there is reality. As I finished cutting the loom state samples for Big Project #5 today I mulled over everything that needs to be done once I get home. The realization dawned that there isn’t a hope in you-know-where of getting everything done by…
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Seeing Progress
towels ready to tag and sell There are many steps in the process of weaving and completing each one always feels like a milestone. But there is nothing to compare to giving the cloth it’s final press. All that’s left is to put the hang tag/care label on and these towels can be put away,…
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Preparations
towel warp for John C. Campbell Folk School on the warping board – it’s actually more blue than the photo shows…see below half of the warp wound in a ziploc bag with the weft – 2/16 for hems, cotton flake for towel body Finished weaving the huck lace samples today – felt good to have…
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Back In The Saddle Again
another view of the Fox Fibre towels I’ve woven enough that the cloth can now be seen at the bottom of the loom. The design is a bit ‘static’ but nice enough. I’ll do four of these and then change treadling and colour to one of the paler shades of green. What that new treadling will…
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A Simple Life
threading the last shawl warp in this series – the end is in sight! Generally we live our lives as though we will live forever. Intellectually we know that no one gets out of here alive, but emotionally we think that our time is for much longer than we have any right to expect. We also think…
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Updating Schedule
While I was away the brochure for NEWS arrived. I’m looking for another group in the New England area (or at least further east than the mid-West) to share travel costs with NEWS. The dates for the NEWS conference are July 14-17. Any groups interested in having a workshop with me either side of those…
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Organized
my 2011 calendar…. I really wish I were better organized than I am, but (you saw that ‘but’ coming a mile away, didn’t you?)……..but I’m not. People who are not organized always have a million reasons why not. I think we spend more time thinking up excuses than it would take to simply get organized!…