Category: webinar
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Lace Weaves
Huck lace ‘boxes’ with plain weave Swedish Lace Many people find lace weaves confusing, not least because there are so many different ways to write the threading/treadling draft. When the sequence looks so very different, people can get confused about what is the ‘right’ way. Well, the ‘right’ way is which ever sequence – threading,…
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Lace Weaves
Huck lace ‘boxes’ with plain weave Swedish Lace Many people find lace weaves confusing, not least because there are so many different ways to write the threading/treadling draft. When the sequence looks so very different, people can get confused about what is the ‘right’ way. Well, the ‘right’ way is which ever sequence – threading,…
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A Little Introspection
Striped towel from a couple of years ago – which I’m thinking of revisiting in different colourways, different yarns… One of the things that has been providing some distraction for me is re-reading some of my older blog posts. I started the blog just about exactly 7 years ago (August 2008), partly as an expression…
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A Little Introspection
Striped towel from a couple of years ago – which I’m thinking of revisiting in different colourways, different yarns… One of the things that has been providing some distraction for me is re-reading some of my older blog posts. I started the blog just about exactly 7 years ago (August 2008), partly as an expression…
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A Little Introspection
Striped towel from a couple of years ago – which I’m thinking of revisiting in different colourways, different yarns… One of the things that has been providing some distraction for me is re-reading some of my older blog posts. I started the blog just about exactly 7 years ago (August 2008), partly as an expression…
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Proof of Progress
Colours aren’t quite accurate here – they should be more green-ish. But here it is – about 28 tea towels all in a roll. I cut the warp off this afternoon and began cutting them apart and serging them. Doug will go pressing on Sunday and then I will have lots of hemming to be…
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Job List
Got home to a mail box filled with parcels, including this ‘bunny eared bag o’ goodness’ as Janet Dawson calls them. Apparently someone forgot to put the invoice in, though. If it doesn’t come under separate cover today I will have to email them because I know it isn’t free! OTOH, there may be a…
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In Praise of Limitations and Deadlines
Calvin and Hobbs Talking to someone from F&W Media yesterday I mentioned that I loved deadlines. She laughed and said she would send a schedule of deadlines related to the contract* we were discussing so that I would know when they needed my support materials. Thing is, deadlines and creative limitations can be extremely useful…
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Customer Satisfaction/Service
Glamour shot of the orange/beige towels One of the things I did a few years ago (quite a few years ago – pre-internet days) was take a class on marketing. One of the sessions was on Customer Service and Satisfaction. One of the bits of trivia that stuck in my head was that a happy…
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Remote Learning
Just checked the Weaving Today website and the webinar is now available for recorded ‘viewing’ here. I will be giving this topic as a mini-workshop (3 hours) with some hand’s on examination of various yarns at the Rochester, NY guild in October. If you want to attend, I have contact info – I heard they…