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Mac & Me

I’ve become friends with my Mac. It took time — time checking out other looms, time buying and then selling what I thought would be my ideal loom, and time weaving on Mac. I believe we’re there now.

I told you about that sample placemat I wove on the Mac. Well, not surprisingly, it wasn’t […]

Handwoven scarves – log cabin

I had 2 days to get a warp measured, beamed, threaded, and woven, cut off the loom, fringed, wet finished, pressed, & tagged if I was to meet my self-imposed deadline. Could I do it?

It was easy enough to measure out a warp for log cabin, holding one black thread & one white thread […]

November beauty

Although the people in NYC & NJ would surely disagree, I am so thankful for our November weather. We’ve had way more than our share of warm, sunny days. Sure it gets cold at night, but it might be troubling if it didn’t.

Except for the oaks which hang onto their brown leaves through much […]

Balance

Life is all about balance. Balancing work & play, what I want to do and what must be done. When it comes to my weaving, at this point I’m balancing what I must do before the next show and what I want to do before the next show.

So I started by making a warp […]

Cabin Fever

Unlike the people in NYC & New Jersey, here in Western New York Sandy didn’t have much impact. Yes, it rained. A lot. And yes, it was very windy. But no real damage was done. Only a few trees came down. I lost power for a few hours while I slept on Monday night – […]