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  Recently I seem to be spending some time helping ‘new’ weavers.  One of the things we seem to run into is that of language. Weaving is a centuries old craft (lately dating humans working with string back to around 40,000 years, give or take) and as such it has grown up around the globe,…

  Welp (as the young ‘uns say) I am now ‘done’ teaching in person.  Officially done.  Last students are marked, I’ve been paid, and that means I’m ‘retired’ from teaching for Olds, which was my ‘last’ commitment to the college and my students there. OTOH, I remain accessible to the students if they have questions,…

  photo taken a few years ago Woke up this morning to the gentle sprinkling of snow that quickly turned into a full blown ‘storm’.  There is an atmospheric river south of us and I guess we are getting the leading edge of it. I am not going to complain.  I have no need to…

  Don Holzworth 1956-2008 Tomorrow would have been my brother’s birthday, were he still here. Tomorrow would have been the launch of my latest (fourth) book, in part a nod towards his memory.   But things happen.   Or not. And we, who are left, who are still here, go on. My relationship with my brother was…

  Life is full of unexpected things and, as humans, we seem to spend a lot of time looking for a sign. Shall I go this way?  Or that?  Should I take the road less travelled?  Or stick to the well trodden path? I had no desire to learn how to spin and weave when…

  We are at that time of the year again.  While this photo was taken a few years ago, and we don’t have much in the way of snow – yet – we are nearing the winter solstice. A time for reflection, a time for clearing out the ‘old’, a time for considering what is…

  I love twills.  I love big, fancy twills.  Once I had a dobby, I loved working with such twills, of which there are many. Twill weaves generally have ‘lines’ – but not always.  There are broken twills, advancing twills, combinations are nearly endless. The ‘easiest’ twills are those based on a straight or point…

  Yesterday I made a dent in the pressing pile.  These have been sitting around for far too long as I work through some health issues and even though they were woven a while ago, it takes time to ‘finish’ them. A lot more time when the energy spoon drawer is empty. But yesterday I…

  We are supposed to be in ‘winter’ now but climate change is really beginning to show its teeth and today the snow that had fallen is mostly gone and the temp is hovering at zero C.  It’s beginning to feel like a brown Xmas.  Of course, things could change quite rapidly, so we’ll see.…

  Seems I have joined the company of people who have ‘offended’ Facebook AI bots.  Do you see anything in that notification of what I posted that was misleading?  Me, neither. I’m not against ‘moderation’ of large groups.  Wish they would do more of it, frankly.  OTOH, I have carefully ‘curated’ my FB feed so…