Category: The Intentional Weaver
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A Single Step
Progress. It’s ephemeral, at times. When working on a ‘big’ project, or even just living a life, each day can seem endless. Progress can seem incredibly slow. At times, not noticeable. When I was writing The Intentional Weaver, life interfered on numerous occasions. It seemed like I would never get it done. And every time…
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Broken Record
Blogger gives statistics on page views and I frequently find it interesting which posts from the past are being read. As I scroll through I am somewhat dismayed – at times – to see how frequently I address the same things over and over again. When I chose the title for this post it suddenly…
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Looking Forward
Well, the Whitin winder has now left the building and is on it’s way to it’s new home There are still many more things to be done in my studio, but as the dust starts to settle, I begin to look towards the future. One of the things is what happens next in regards to…
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Clue by Four
I’m not stupid, but I can be incredibly stubborn and therefore slow to change course when I set my mind to a goal. There have been several times during my life when The Universe (or whatever) has had to resort to a handy ‘clue by four’ to make me see reason and change what I’m…
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Just the Facts
I’ve been around for a while. Joined the internet in 1994 when Usenet was the place to go to find other like minded people. The textile group then moved to quilt.net, then Yahoo. Now it seems most chat groups are proliferating on Facebook. In the ‘old’ days, people interested in weaving mostly learned from books…
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Textile Science
Understanding your materials when you work with yarn is one of the cornerstones of being a textile artist. I discovered this book (the first edition – it’s all you really need, not the 2nd edition which is a lot more expensive) back when it first came out in the early, oh, 1980s? The format appealed…
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Come and Get ‘em!
Three weeks to the conference and final detail crunching proceeds. Part of the staging for the conference was pulling the boxes of books out and stacking them, ready to be packed up for the vendor booth I have at the conference. I have 55 copies of The Intentional Weaver. They will be available for sale…
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Too Many Hats
The beginning of staging for the conference All of my life I have worn too many hats. This year has been no different except that I took on way too many hats given my current state of health. But five years ago I was in pretty good health (I thought). I was in remission from…
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Jargon
Every craft, every endeavour that we do as humans, has ‘jargon’ attached to it. Since weaving (and spinning, and knitting, and, and, and) all require specialized tools, knowing what these tools are called and the names of the processes involved in the craft makes communication more specific. It’s really really hard to ask a question…
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Each One, Teach One
Interest in weaving as a craft waxes and wanes. I started weaving in the mid-70s when weaving was in an upsurge. I found myself in the midst of a group of (mostly) women who were intrigued by the craft and the unexpected nuances that could be discovered in the exploration of the craft. I quickly…