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Christmas Weaving Revealed

Now that all the weaving gifts have been opened, I can share with you what I made this year for family and friends. You already saw the handwoven rayon chenille throw that I made for my friends. This was the last gift finished and opened. First opened (but not necessarily first finished) were the scarves […]

Rayon Chenille Throw Finished

After about 18 hours of frenetic work, I have finished the rayon chenille throw I’ll be giving my friends for Christmas.

As planned, I used two strands of a relatively fine gauge rayon chenille for both warp and weft. It wasn’t as hard as it might have been — probably a bit easier than […]

I’m Weaving for a Nice Christmas

Like lots of folks around the country and around the world, I don’t have much expendable income this year. I’m struggling to pay my bills each month. So it was simply not an option for me to do my usual Christmas buying. Admittedly, I generally overspend, buying lots more than is reasonable, but not this […]

Lovely Grace

A few months ago some young friends had their first baby. A sweet little girl named Grace. In preparation for this very welcome addition to their family, my son ordered a custom baby blanket as a gift.

The mother-to-be’s requested colors were pink, brown, and green. To be honest, it was a bit of […]

Macomber Assembly Update

Yikes! I had this post all written, had the photo in and everything, then suddenly, POOF, it was all gone. And I stupidly hit the Update Post button by mistake, saving an EMPTY post!

My original post was much more witty and clever than this do-over. What?! You don’t quite believe me on that?! I’m […]