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Wrap for royalty

QW had me use Havana tencel weft for her wrap, a color that’s new to me. Wow – was I impressed with the results! This wrap looks like it’s woven with gold threads — as in the olden days when the royalty had real gold in the fabric of their clothes. Hopefully this closeup can […]

Getting my life back

Although there are a few small finishing touches to be done, as well as a bit of painting, my life is once again essentially my own. Thank goodness! It was a very stressful 2 weeks – more than I realized until that last day when I had just had it.

I spent Saturday morning […]

Feathers, fishers & fibers

This time of year I find my morning walks particularly enjoyable, listening to the ‘dawn chorus’ and doing my best to identify each new bird that arrives. Yesterday I heard my first rufous-sided towhees of the season, with their easily-identifiable “drink your tea” song. (Apparently their official name has been changed to Eastern towhee, but […]

Boys & Girls Together

The title of this post does not refer to the book by William Goldman.

Nor is it about the song by the Mamas and the Papas

You guessed it — it’s about weaving! Specifically, weaving baby wraps.

Although there is some similarity in the colors the moms choose, each new baby wrap […]

Hills & Valleys

It’ll be at least 3 or 4 days until the yarn for the next baby wraps arrive. So in the meantime I’m weaving some scarves. I really need to weave a bunch of new stuff for my summer shows.

I decided to try a pattern I’ve been wanting to do for some time from […]