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Much ado about problems. I came to the craft with two ‘advantages’ – I had a pretty well rounded background in textiles and I was, by nature, a problem solver. The former gave me some (not nearly enough) knowledge about textiles in general, and the latter gave me the attitude to examine issues as they…

One week! I’m getting ‘butterflies’ – as I usually do – when the time comes to do a presentation. Usually I don’t start gearing up the butterfly squadron so soon, but what the hey, it’s been a while since I did one (last Jan/Feb, to be exact). I’m excited to be able to talk about…

Finally started to hem the green place mats. There are 14, I think, with 8 promised to someone. I won’t have them ready before I see that person next week, but it feels good to at least see progress happening on them. This particular linen yarn was a bit different, made up with naturally coloured…

Yesterday I was supposed to do a Zoom presentation for a guild and at the last minute they emailed to cancel as they were under severe weather warnings with risks of losing power and of course, internet. I hope everyone is safe and well, and we will re-book at a later date. In the meantime…

I have been ‘fighting’ with my body for years. It hasn’t been a ‘surprise’ that I am having physical problems, I have lived a very physically active life, although not in the ‘usual’ way of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. While I worked hard to minimize the damage from the physical toll of…

In Canada, the school year generally begins in September. It was one reason why I chose September as the start for the seminar series – get the kids back in school (those that were going) and begin a ‘class’ along with others. It has been a tumultuous year, all in all. Lots of changes, globally,…

It seemed today was meant to be a ‘quiet’ day, even though I hadn’t thought it would be. So be it. I did get the ‘black’ mats pressed, and in spite of minor issues with them, I’m going to consider them ‘done’. Yesterday I cut off the first batch of mats from the next warp,…

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the brain bleed that nearly wiped me out. In my lifetime, I rarely paid attention to ‘anniversaries’. I don’t track births/deaths like my mother did. She knew the birthday of every family member, remembered to go to the cemetery to put flowers on headstones. I never did. These days…

Had a brilliant thought at dark o’clock. No idea now what it was. I’ve been poking around on WordPress, and it *looks* like I can add comments, and perhaps even a search bar, although I’m not sure how – yet. I will keep poking. I suspect it will need the intervention of my web wizard,…