I recently finished making these lovely handwoven rayon chenille scarves. Made from hand painted yarn by the ever-talented Tammy of Yarntopia Treasures, she calls this colorway Copper. As the dyes turned out on the pure white rayon chenille she started with, these scarves are actually very saturated orange color, with greens and browns thrown in […]
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I admit it. I have harness envy. I LOVE my little four-harness counterbalance weaving loom to pieces. It’s small, it’s quiet, it’s easy to operate. It’s handmade, meaning a woodworker made it especially for a weaver, perhaps her/himself, perhaps a loved one, perhaps even for sale. Yet, as a 4-harness, and a counterbalance loom […] This past weekend was the annual Allegany Artisans studio tour. The 22nd year for the Artisans, it was my first time with this group. I took off the week before to prepare. Ok, mostly to clean my house. A task I despise, I always put it off as long as possible. Obviously, now was […] Sandra Bell-Lundy is an AMAZING cartoonist. Her drawings and writing in Between Friends, her daily strip, are top notch. Plus she’s always looking for ways to give back – writing strips encouraging women to get mammograms, for example. Those qualities are evident if you follow her work. And you should. But you might […] After learning how to make lace on my beloved, handmade counterbalance loom, I made handwoven lace scarves in several colors (black, periwinkle, dove gray, and a marvelous russet brown) of very fine cotton. People have loved them at the shows — so much that I keep selling out and not getting them up onto my […] |
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