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Color memories

They say that scents invoke the strongest memories. I don’t know whether or not that’s true for me. I can’t say that I remember having a powerful scent-related experience, but maybe I just don’t remember it. 🙂

Anyway, sometimes colors harken back to earlier times for me. More accurately, color combinations. This one –

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First Rochester wraps mailed

Today I managed to get the first two wraps woven in my lovely Rochester weaving studio pressed, labelled, and mailed. They’re winging their way to moms that I hope will be thrilled when they open the boxes.

On the left is JMC’s wrap, woven with a framboise cotton weft. On the right, AF’s wraps, […]

Soft, hard, good

First the soft…it’s the water. Although I’ve taken showers at my daughter’s house here in Rochester over the years, I hadn’t fully realized how much softer the water is here than it was in my spring and then well in the sticks. It makes a noticeable difference in my hair — much softer than before. […]

Wrap planning

I thought it might be enlightening for both baby wrap moms and weavers to see what’s involved in preparing a yarn order for my baby wraps. To make the yarn purchases most cost effective and to get a decent supply on hand, I always order the yarn for 2 warps (usually 4 baby wraps) […]

Now I know

I’ve learned many new things in the past several days. Here are some of them.

I will close on my new house on Thursday, August 6. On that day I’ll go to Lowes to buy a frig (not included in my new house) and Sleep City to buy a mattress (not moving my old […]