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  top layer hem is 20/2 cotton, bottom layer is 2/8 cotton Using up as much of my stash as I can, sometimes I run into issues that I need to make adjustments for. In the case of the ‘mystery’ yarn I’m weaving on this 2/8 cotton warp, I needed to weave a sample to…

  If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. I don’t remember the first time I heard this observation, but it has stuck with me. The thing is, I like ‘easy’.  ‘Easy’ means nothing is going ‘wrong’.  Everything is flowing.  Stuff is getting done. But life is seldom ‘easy’.  And weaving, while not difficult,…

  two topics, two piles of books… One thing about writing the new articles is the age old question…why? Why is this thing happening?  What causes it?  How can it be prevented?  or enhanced? Right now I’m working on two different articles.  Neither has a tight deadline, but I suspect both are going to need…

  The good news?  The linen got delivered on Tuesday. The bad news?  It wasn’t delivered to *us*. The story is long and convoluted, but kudos to spouse (who used to work in shipping, both sending and receiving) and eventually yesterday he ‘found’ the box, by being persistent. It was a huge relief, not just…

  There is a saying that goes:  If you want to make God laugh, make plans. Since I always prefer to see folk laugh… Yesterday I hit the 2/3s mark on the current warp.  Today my goal is to finish towel 7 (on this section), cut off and re-tie.  And then somehow get the last…

  Weaving is a bit like watching paint dry.   I put on enough warp to do around 18-20 towels (depending on the length and if I have any oopsies). So the loom looks pretty much the same for about 3 weeks.  Nothing new to see, just same old, same old. Today I had red light…

  There is no sun today, and I’m glad.  I’m glad because it is cloudy, and it was raining when I got up.  A nice, slow, steady rain.  Rain that will – hopefully – sink into the parched earth and reduce the danger of fire.  Rain that will fill the aquifers, the lakes and rivers…

  painted warp scarf With the news of a huge amount of solar activity this weekend, we decided to head out of town late last night and the light pollution of the city to see what we could see.  We had been seeing photos from Europe where the lights were magenta, which is unusual. Alas,…

  One is told that life is a straight path to your goals.  You go to school, get an education, determine what you want to have happen, work hard, and voila, you get to the finish line. No one tells you that the path isn’t as advertised.  No one says that the ‘goal’ is made…

  Next warp – two shades very close in value and hue of beige, with natural linen weft Sometimes I like to go for a more subtle approach; other times I like bigger, bolder designs.  A lot like life, really. We tend to think of “Life” as the big, bold moments, but really when you…