Category: workshops
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Endings
End of the warp………. In a 12 hour period I received two emails of note. The first one essentially said I was too intimidating for one of the chat groups I had been participating in and I was ruining the group discussions. The second one this morning said that the workshop the writer had taken…
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Endings
End of the warp………. In a 12 hour period I received two emails of note. The first one essentially said I was too intimidating for one of the chat groups I had been participating in and I was ruining the group discussions. The second one this morning said that the workshop the writer had taken…
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Collapse
Just finished cutting this off the loom. It’s the last of the samples I’m providing the participants of the Magic in the Water part II workshop in Albuquerque. The white yarn is a cotton with lycra in it. The pinks are Bambu 12 (about the same size as a 16/2 cotton). The cotton/lycra was set…
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This n’ That
Second warp for ABQ – this is a silk gimp set very loosely, woven in plain weave. Yes, that’s the apron you can see through the cloth…. Close up – the breast beam is clearly visible through the open weave…. As mentioned in an earlier post, I’m weaving some additional samples for the workshop in…
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Devil and the Details
Details, details, details~! Weaving is all about details. Teaching weaving is also all about details. If you miss out just one little detail, you’ll probably have a devil of a time getting it sorted out…. I spent much of last night and about 3 hours today getting ready for the two workshops in Albuquerque. (I…
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Queen of Procrastination
a brand new warp – the peak of possibilities…. So, I’ve been procrastinating all week about getting the next Diversified Plain Weave warp done by messing about with computer software, weaving on the painted warps, visiting, reading – doing just about anything but the DPW warp. And the days have been slipping by. 🙁 Now,…
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Fighting the Good Fight
Did I ever mention how much I hate computers? Or at least software upgrades? My perfectly good camera/picture editing software from Kodak was just dandy. Simple and essentially idiot proof. You know – for dinosaurs like me? Until……we upgraded my computer to Windows 7 and I had to upgrade my camera/picture editing software along with…
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Summer Camp?
peach placemats begun So, one of the things I’ve been thinking about was offering classes here in Prince George – weaving summer camp, if you will. Of course I would need to know if anyone at all would be interested in travelling here for 2-5 days of intensive weaving instruction. ‘Here’ is about 400 miles…
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Making Choices
…and weaving commences One of the things a beginning weaver needs to learn is how to make choices. Learning how to choose appropriate fibres for the job at hand, choosing the design (stripes or solids, weave structure, etc.) and how to wet and dry finish their textiles. And so here is me, a lover of…
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Random Thoughts
bamboo and wool/lycra My supply of wool/lycra is nearly gone (I think there may be 16 cones left) so I was pleased to see that Ashford now supplies colcolastic – a cotton/lycra yarn – and in a variety of colours. I’d made plans to include this new yarn in Magic in the Water, Part II…