Category: workshops
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Sarasota, Day 1
Today we looked at fibre characteristics. After lecturing all morning (never did break for a coffee break!) we took a long lunch to let the info settle and then after lunch reviewed a bit then the participants did the hand’s on part where they had to apply the knowledge from the morning. It was a…
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Sarasota, Day 1
Today we looked at fibre characteristics. After lecturing all morning (never did break for a coffee break!) we took a long lunch to let the info settle and then after lunch reviewed a bit then the participants did the hand’s on part where they had to apply the knowledge from the morning. It was a…
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Durham, Day One
Great group – enthusiastic and friendly. 🙂 They made good progress today. One person has nearly finished weaving all 12 of her samples! It’s really nice to have 3 days for this class. Hopefully not too much stress re: the weaving. Monday we’ll dive into the magic in the water. Weather is cooler than I’d…
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Food For Thought
Simon Winchester seems to have a talent for finding interesting ‘characters’ and telling their stories in an informative and engaging way. I’ve read several of his books and will look for more of his titles. I’m fortunate in that my local library has quite a few of his books. In this one we meet Joseph…
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Refining Technique and Weaving Boot Camp?
Weavers learning my ‘method’ of beaming sometimes get very nervous about the part where the loops of the warp need to be transfered from the 3rd stick to the apron or cord at the back beam. I realized that it would be a very simple matter to utilize the ‘angel wings’ as a 3rd hand.…
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Method/Madness
I know this looks rather a jumble but there is method to my madness. Although I still have not had the A Good Yarn one day workshops confirmed at Sarasota and Asheville, doing the prep work is going to be time consuming so I figured I’d better get started on it. I’m winding a whole…
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It’s Okay, But….
greyed plum warp with natural weft next plum warp will try some green… Started weaving the plum warp today and it’s okay but a little bland. I had been thinking of adding some grey to the plum but decided that I’d go with a darker greyed green instead. That should add some depth and visual…
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Back to ‘Routine’ – sort of
My warping ‘station’ – additional overhead lights for this somewhat dim studio space. Notice that I tie the cross on the four ‘arms’ of the X not at the waist. Choke tie is about 1 yard away from the cross. On this 9 meter long warp there are: 1 choke tie (near cross), 1 counting…
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Durham, NC, Here I Come….
Today I started working on the drafts and yarns for the Magic in the Water (part II) workshop for Durham, NC. My workshops change with each group as I try to tailor the contents for each one – a southern group doesn’t want a whole of wool, for instance! So for this workshop I changed…
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Selvedges
3 thread ‘float’ on selvedge 2/8 Tencel warp/weft 24 epi 3 and 5 thread ‘floats’ on selvedge 2/20 cotton warp with 2/16 cotton weft 32 epi/ppi. The 3/1-1/3 twill causes small ‘scallops’ at the edges. 3 and 5 thread floats on selvedge 2/20 cotton warp with mystery weft 36 epi/ppi None of these textiles were woven…