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One of my must-visit blogs is Laura’s Loom. Laura’s a very experienced weaver, and although everything she does isn’t in my style or repertoire, I find her both interesting and informative. She’s just posted a few videos on YouTube, and now that I have high speed, I could actually check them out. I was really […] I freely admit it: I’m OCD. Not professionally diagnosed, but obsessive-compulsive nonetheless. For the most part, I believe that this is a good thing, tht it makes me do well at my various endeavors. It is, however, not uncommon to find that it’s caused me do something the hard way. Here’s an example. I’ve commented […] Margaret asked me a great question in a comment to my post about rigid heddle weaving. The question — why is plain weave called tabby? I had no idea, so decided to do some googling. Here’s what wikipedia has to say: “According to the 12th-century geographer al-IdrÄ«sÄ«, the city of AlmerÃa in Andalusia manufactured […] Using my leg-elevated-while-weaving setup, I was able to get some weaving done by working in short spurts. These scarves were handwoven from that beautiful hand painted yarn from Yarntopia Treasures. Although I got this marvelous color combination in both 100% bamboo and in Tencel, I chose to do the bamboo first. Why? Because it’s […] I can weave some now, but not for hours at a time. When I need to stop and put that leg up, I go back to making my hand beaded Victorian Christmas ornaments. I just finished these two. I’m really happy with the ornament on the left, which is over-the-top ornate. I’m calling it […] |
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