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  There is an attitude amongst some that a craftsperson needs to do everything all by themselves. I’m going to explain why that isn’t always true. The very first professional I hired was an accountant.  I wanted to make sure how I should set up my business, and what I needed to do in order…

  Recovery is a slippery concept.  To most people ‘recovery’ means returning to where you were before the event happened that changed your world – your life. For some of us, ‘recovery’ means something a bit different. One of the things I’ve done over the past few months is to get to know some people…

  A lot of people have begun to remember when – and what – radicalized them.  For me it was a slow process, and there were many steps along the journey.  By age 16 I was already ‘testing’ as being left of centre politically, and over the years I have not shifted much. But one…

  peering closely at things I have been ‘stymied’ this past week so I didn’t make it to the loom until yesterday (Sunday).  I rationed myself to 20 minutes at the loom, which meant I got to the 400 pick total.  Which meant I was weaving about my standard ‘sedate’ pace of 20 picks per…

  Yesterday a friend came over for a visit.  We have known each other since 1995 and we aren’t ‘besties’ but we enjoy each others company and used to get together frequently to make bobbin lace or other portable textile crafts.  She is a professor of mathematics and has been a teacher since long before…

  August 28, 2024 was a pleasant day.  I got ready to leave for an appointment, appreciated a ‘clear’ sky – no wildfire smoke. I had plans for my day, but the world changed and my life with it. The past year has been a bit of a train wreck.  I could watch it happening. …

  one repeat in the warp with the right selvedge ‘border’ Yesterday I cut off and re-tied the warp with about 4 or maybe 5 more towels to be woven left on the loom. Obviously it was time to start thinking about my next warp. Since I’m still having issues with sinkholes in my brain,…

  There was an article online that was titled something about knitting being ‘grannycore’.  Assuming it was filled by pap about grannies being the ‘only’ knitters, I ignored it. Personally I learned to knit at age 5 and I know I’m not the only one.  Just because I am a knitter in my dotage, doesn’t…

  Puzzles were a frequent ‘game’ in my childhood home, and I returned to building them as an adult.   Puzzles aren’t all that different from what goes into building a cloth.  Lots of little pieces of the equation to fit into the formula, with lots of leeway to slide this way or that along a…

  In so many ways I have been feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the things going ‘wrong’ in this world. Now, ‘conservatives’ should be ‘happy’ but I’ve come to the conclusion that they are never happy, they are just extremely unhappy right down to the core of their being. So, given I am in…