Studio Systems (How I work) 153.35

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

I'm feeling a bit knit-out... two on needles and one around the edges of being ready. Tons of wound-up fiber waiting and nothing I …

Stash In between discussions of their Teeny Project Runway contest, Ann Shayne at Mason Dixon Knitting mentioned rag balls in her …

Several weeks ago, one of the attendants at the swap shed that provides most of my rug fiber said she had heard the county was thinking of …

Dull headline, wonderful product. Let’s see. 50 rugs, average 12 SF each, 60 yards / SF, that’s 36,000 yards of sliced t-shirts. Not …

When people visit my studio during the annual Studio Tour, I tend to hear comments like, “Where do you get all your ideas?” When I visit …