My latest spiral, Colors of India, was inspired by a picture of a spice market in an old National Geographic magazine. The rug is almost …
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Teal & Peach Nautilus Rag Rug, WIP
WIP = work in progress This is a quick post to show how a Nautilus rug is assembled. I will post a similar picture of a traditional …
Newly sharpened shears
Say THAT three times quickly! Newly sharpened shears newly sharpened shears newly sharpened shears! Oh, the joy of finding a new …
Crafts Made from Recycled Materials
If you're looking for ideas for crafts to make from recycled materials, get this book: 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, by Garth Johnson. It …
Raw Selvage
When I bought the 100-yard warp that's now wound onto the Newcomb, I experimented with a 10# bag of short selvage pieces. The saleperson …
Dreaming of domestic colors
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 …
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 …
