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I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this hen turkey and her chicks off & on for several weeks on my morning walk. When I first saw them mom had 5 babies. I’m sure she started with more — maybe as many as a dozen. Baby wild turkeys are easy prey for lots of animals. […]

Hand Painted Weft

I finished KM’s custom baby wrap so it was time to start SB’s. She’s my first mom who decided on hand painted yarn for her weft.

This yarn was custom dyed for us by Susan at iowaweaver – the same woman who inspired my turned taquete towels! How cool is that?!

Looking at […]

Handwoven Silk Shawls

The cayenne baby wrap finished the warp on the loom, leaving the Macomber empty. As planned, I focused on weaving pieces for my upcoming jurying. I’m getting anxious because time is ticking away and I don’t have the pieces I think will serve me well.

So I spent some time creating a draft for an […]

Golden Maples

I intended to come home from grocery shopping this morning and put a warp of Tammy’s lovely red poinsettia rayon chenille on my loom. But plans change, this time because of nature.

This gorgeous maple tree at the top of my driveway called to me yesterday and again today with its beauty. I love […]

It’s the little things that count

At least sometimes that title is true. This time, maybe not so much.

I decided I needed to weave a batch of bookmarks before that little, local show, making sure I had something small and easily affordable. So I warped up the loom and wove 25 bookmarks.

I chose to use mostly bits of […]