For me, there is nothing like the rush that comes with learning a new skill. Last Fall I started taking pottery and I have been deep in it. The studio where I am taking classes allows student to use the space at any time there is not a class going on. My husband might be […]
Read more "First Flush of a Fresh Fervor"This time it’s garb. I can know that this piece is 15th century Saxony and that is 14th century Italian, but seeing it graphically helps me put the pieces and the progression together.
Read more "Another Timeline…"So in my last weaving post, I teased the next yarn I was looking at using, but I am always bad about writing up my projects. Here are the products of that yarn. Woven on a black warp. The first one is a pretty simple pattern. In the second, I was experimenting with a wave […]
Read more "Payoff"This post is probably going to be updated frequently as I am using it as a record of my ongoing work and research into this style of weaving. I first came across them when I was asked to weave the towel for my friend Maris’s elevation to the Order of the Laurel. I was a […]
Read more "Perugia(n)? Towels"I love a good art yarn. It is pure creative expression. The problem is that one of the reasons I love fiber arts is because I prefer my art to be useful. Creating beautiful things that also have a purpose is typically what motivates me most. These two priorities are frequently in conflict because I […]
Read more "What to do with Art Yarns"Sometimes things don’t go as planned. The project currently on my loom was intended to be another exercise in double weave, this time using a split shed technique. As it turned out, either my warp was too heavy a thread, or I packed it too densely, because it did not work for the weft-faced fabric […]
Read more "Just get it done!"This week saw a major breakthrough in the use of my new loom. A blog post by Katie over at Creative Threads finally clued me in that my countermarch loom has castle pins which holds the shafts in place when you’re tying up the loom. I had no idea that two small pieces of metal […]
Read more "Weaving exercise"As the temperatures drop and the leaves turn I get an almost overwhelming urge to nest. For me this usually means copious amounts of baking and the laying in of craft supplies for the dark winter days. In order to facilitate this my creativity jumps in to overdrive and the start way too many projects. […]
Read more "Flying Squirrels"Peanut butter chicken Course: Main Course Main Ingredient: Chicken Serves: 3-4 Ingredients Directions
Read more "Peanut Butter Chicken and Noodles"