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  air horn When I took a marketing class a bazillion years ago, the definition of ‘marketing’ was given as sharing information while ‘advertising’ was paying for media – ads on radios (yes, those were still a thing in those days), newspapers (ditto), tv, magazines.  Now it would be FB ads.  Or ads on apps.  …

  Two different red weft threads – same supplier You would be correct in assuming that, given I am weaving down my stash, the two weft threads in these two towels were sourced from different suppliers. Nope. Both Brassard yarns. Yes, they are different shades of red, but they also behaved quite differently in the…

  Respect the Spindle by Abby Franquemont This morning Abby Franquemont did a short video explaining how spindles are legitimate spinning tools because they are better at some things than a wheel.  They are a tool that does some things better than a wheel, kind of like a knife is not a cleaver and why…

  Breaking down my reality bubble has been a lifelong task. Today someone did a really excellent job of discussing the phrase ‘1st world problems’ in a way that caused me to stop and think about that phrase more consciously. I stopped using that phrase a number of years ago. Thing is, I began to…

  Breaking down my reality bubble has been a lifelong task. Today someone did a really excellent job of discussing the phrase ‘1st world problems’ in a way that caused me to stop and think about that phrase more consciously. I stopped using that phrase a number of years ago. Thing is, I began to…

  Breaking down my reality bubble has been a lifelong task. Today someone did a really excellent job of discussing the phrase ‘1st world problems’ in a way that caused me to stop and think about that phrase more consciously. I stopped using that phrase a number of years ago. Thing is, I began to…

  Cotton bolls on the plant, ready for harvesting My mother would be horrified at the level of sharing I do about the things I am going through, especially the health issues. “It’s no one else’s business!” True.  It isn’t anyone else’s business what I’m going through, so why do I choose to ‘share’? This…

  We may have had first frost overnight – at least at higher elevations.  Here it wasn’t so much ‘frost’ as heavy dew.  But at last, at last, the temps are heading downwards, which I hope means that wildfire ‘season’ will soon be ending.  Fingers crossed. I got the next warp weaving and overall I’m…

  dark blue warp, dark forest green weft (colour not true irl) Finally got the next warp beamed, threaded, sleyed and tied on and began weaving over the weekend. I’m still on ‘light’ duty, only weaving 30 minutes at a time, some days only one session.  But it’s better than nothing, and this time will…

  sash skirt fabric, sash, head dress skirt fabric, right and wrong side (colours were much darker in real life – my camera simply could not capture the intensity!) One of the things I’ve done is weave fabric for the local Ukrainian dance troupe. All of their dances are done in the traditional dress of…