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  Today marking the turning of the sun – the solstice.  I saw this for about 5 minutes before the sun rose high enough above the clouds that all we are left with is another grey dreary day. Which kind of matches my mood, frankly. I’ve been struggling – again – with my body and…

  My hemming ‘station’ I do hemming in the evening while I ‘watch’ tv.  Nothing new about this.  As a kid, mom and I would knit while we watched tv.  Or I would make a puzzle on the coffee table.  Mom and I rarely just ‘sat’.  I suppose knitting was – for me at least…

  My hemming ‘station’ I do hemming in the evening while I ‘watch’ tv.  Nothing new about this.  As a kid, mom and I would knit while we watched tv.  Or I would make a puzzle on the coffee table.  Mom and I rarely just ‘sat’.  I suppose knitting was – for me at least…

  This year the solstice falls on Dec. 21, at 7:20 pm.   At this time of year, especially when we are having a particularly grey, dreary time, I remind myself frequently that as quickly as it goes south, the sun will come back. This year seems particularly fraught with so many things causing stress to…

  Initial draft (after working with this weave structure for over a year, I think I’m beginning to understand how it works…) Next variation – not entirely happy with this, but had some interesting things happening that I wanted to explore some more.  OTOH, it would be fine as it is, as a tea towel. …

  In 2017 we went to Sweden, in part to attend Vav conference.  Of course I hit the vendor hall!  And while I bought some linen yarns, I also bought this tea towel, 100% linen, woven on a Jacquard loom. I loved the simplicity of the design, a kind of ‘pencil sketch’ of birch trees…

  upcoming warp – unless I change my mind One of the comments I’ve heard over and over again is how patient I must be to do such ‘tedious’ work. Um, no.  Something is ‘tedious’ if you really don’t want to do it but need to. Weaving is time consuming.  Attitude will determine whether that…

  I love weaving.   I love all of it – the dreaming, the designing, the physical processes.  I like the ‘tedious’ bits as much as the rest.  Because without doing all the ‘bits’, there is no weaving, no cloth. Learning all the limits, up and down the spectrum of what is possible.   I must confess,…

  I love weaving.   I love all of it – the dreaming, the designing, the physical processes.  I like the ‘tedious’ bits as much as the rest.  Because without doing all the ‘bits’, there is no weaving, no cloth. Learning all the limits, up and down the spectrum of what is possible.   I must confess,…

  I love weaving.   I love all of it – the dreaming, the designing, the physical processes.  I like the ‘tedious’ bits as much as the rest.  Because without doing all the ‘bits’, there is no weaving, no cloth. Learning all the limits, up and down the spectrum of what is possible.   I must confess,…