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  Human beings, generally, are planners.  We tend to make plans that are do-able, frequently ‘best case scenario’.  It’s hard to think about the things that will tend to throw our plans ‘off’ when that nice straight line is sooooo attractive! But reality is that most people’s lives do not proceed in a nice straight…

  Woke to the ‘news’ of the latest tantrum – how *dare* Canada retaliate to their punishment?  I suppose we were supposed to curl up in defeat in the face of their displeasure? So not only are the ‘paused’ tariffs reinstated (one assumes) amidst the accusations of Canada not *allowed* to put export taxes on…

still need to vacuum around the loom – the dust buffalo herds are getting quite large!  It was really hard to get a good photo of the cloth currently on the loom, but I think if you squint you can see that the woven design depicts plain weave.  A visual woven ‘pun’ so to speak.…

  I was reminded this morning that I once wove 40 yards (10 yards at a time) of sashes for the local Ukrainian dance troop. Seems like a good day to think about Ukraine. In my 20s (in the 70s) I was full of piss and vinegar, but little confidence to join political protests.  My…

  The photo is the most recent addition to my ko-fi shop, but since the current president of the US has vowed to apply a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Canada to the US, nothing has sold.  In fact I have been encouraging USians to *not* buy from Canada.  That US tariff does…

  March 2, 2025 – prepping to weave In so many ways New Year seems a year ago.  But actually looking at the calendar and it appears to be just close to spring break up. I finished the previous warp last week, and spent the past few days getting a few things done.  I inspected…

  I am close to exhausting the options for pain meds.  Tomorrow I will (hopefully) talk to my doctor about trying something else – something that isn’t in the category of ‘nerve blocker’.  Every single one I’ve tried has created muscle and/or joint pain, such that I am finding doing ‘simple’ things, difficult. Lately I’ve…

  Where does inspiration come from?  Dunno.  All I know is that I am nearly always in the planning stages of 3 or 4 warps ‘ahead’ from what I am actually working on. Inspiration can be sparked by something I see – the weather, flowers – or by the yarns in my stash that I…

  not very far from my house Seems winter is not done with us yet.  Honestly mid-February truly is too early for spring, so I am not all that upset with the fine snow coming out of the north this morning.  OTOH, I’m not the one who has to deal with it, so I have…

  Yesterday I pressed the white linen on natural merc. cotton warp and no, they are not ‘perfect’ but I’m quite pleased with them.  They have the linen ‘stiffness’ but the cotton flex, and woven of fine threads they should be really nice tea towels.  I only wound up with 11 of them, but I…