Category: The Intentional Weaver
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Pandemic Winter
Plants produce seeds that wait patiently for the correct time to germinate and grow. Generally we call this time of waiting, pausing for the correct conditions, winter. Seeds can wait patiently for quite a long time and still germinate and grow. Human beings right now are in this time of pausing. Waiting. Some are more…
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Fibre Events
Our conference wrapped up last year, but there are fibre events all over the continent that are having to cancel, some of them at extremely short notice. Fibres West got the news on Thusday afternoon just as vendors were putting finishing touches on their booths that the show was not going to open Friday morning.…
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Rabbit Holes
Over the weekend, six people attended the Introduction to Weaving class at the local guild. I began by explaining that we would discuss language, equipment, fibres and then I would demonstrate how to dress a loom. One warp and loom had been reserved for the demo. I talked about the depth and breadth of information…
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Resources
A few years ago (quite a few now) a scholarly publication called Ars Textrina was produced in which articles about textiles were offered. It was a Canadian publication through the University of Manitoba and in spite of the price being in US dollars (with a really horrendous exchange rate) I made the point of buying…
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In Praise of ‘Routine’
I like ‘routine’. I like having a certain structure to my days. I like having a schedule to keep. Or not. My choice, but having that structure gives me something to work towards. Routine defines my goals and deadlines. Being someone who is highly self-motivated, I jumped into the life of a professional weaver with…
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Magic in the Water
shawl woven with rayon Yesterday I had the experience of seeing the Magic in the Water in action. I’ve been preparing an article for Handwoven (to approve – or not) and working from my stash. In The Intentional Weaver I discuss many of the considerations that go into the creation of a textile and while I…
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Shoulders of Giants
Wall of Troy (or extended point progression) Had another weaver phone this morning with a question. She wanted to pick my brain, and it was a lovely conversation as we examined a technical question about a weave structure. Or rather, an approach to creating designs based on a weave structure. It is the kind of…
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The Intentional Weaver
One year ago, I was with my editor pressing the button to launch The Intentional Weaver as a hardback and PDF file. The intention (ha!) was to also provide a paperback version on the one year anniversary, but we hit a snag. Blurb has a variety of book formats but their paperback is meant to…
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Shameless Self Promotion
Now that American Thanksgiving is over and we are in ‘Black Friday’, time to remind folk that I have done books. Weave a V is available from me directly, the other two are available at blurb and can be either PDF or hard copy. Weave a V is hard copy only and $25 includes shipping. There…
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A Little Knowledge
In English there are a couple of sayings that I think about at times: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Or: I know just enough to be dangerous. When it comes to learning a new skill, there are levels of knowledge. When you don’t know what you don’t know, you don’t know that you…