A few weeks ago, I started buying bed linens from the various thrift shops I frequent, thinking I would need a greater volume of fabric than …
Arts 700
Late March in Moncure WIP1: Color Sort
When I was finishing the first iteration of the Sunrise colorway, I thought it would be fun to weave a rug in the colors of spring. Around …
Computers and weaving
It didn't take long at all to convince me that I didn't like warping a loom. It took at least four class sessions to get my first warp on …
November
This is an informal image of one of my stock colorways, November, woven in a 2/2 twill hit-or-miss pattern. I picked the name because the …
Warping continues
Reed and heddles fully threaded; warp (a mix of pink and taupe) wound onto the sectional beam at the rear of the loom. This warp is only …
Loom needed
Darn. I was pretty absolutely certain I didn't like warp-faced rugs. I undertook to weave on in my first handweaving class, taught by Jean …
Knitting Returns
December 26, 2003 FridayI am knitting again. It feels like I never stopped; my hands don't miss a stitch. How could I have not been doing …
Nepalese Silk Yarn
I wasn't particularly looking for a new knitting project when I wandered into the Diva Yarn store in Port Townsend, but when I saw the first …
Storing Textile Art Inventory
With the Tour done for another year and the house pretty much de-Toured, it's time to move on to the next problem in my list. Rugs are …
Knitting Celtic Rugs
Whew! The surge of ideas has subsided just enough that I can start to get words all the way to the surface, but I have to stay out of …
