Here is a bit of a catch up on what I have woven over the course of the summer in preparation for The Driftless Area Art Festival, a fair that I am always honored to be part of. My looms have been empty for a month now and that is just wrong. So today I [...]
Our 2nd Monday weavers group met at my friend Carole's lovely home. Her gardens are a delight to explore and it is obvious why weaving is not a priority during the summer gardening months. It made me want to go home and give my plants a little pep talk. I picked a bad day to [...]
So I have decided to take a little break from my black and white obsession to play with color in the form of dyeing some tencel warps for some twill scarves. Although I do a lot of dyeing of protein fibers with acid dyes and have that process down pat, I am leery of dyeing [...]
In my warped (hey, that's a good pun) way of thinking I am weaving and knitting everything I can that is wooly and warm; in the hopes that it will trick spring temperatures into returning to normal. It has been cold and dreary and if it keeps up I will be wearing the black and [...]
A spring gathering of weavers and fiber friends is always a joyful occasion, and Aprils gathering at my house was a good indication of how ready we are to let winter go. Not quite "sit on the porch" warm but at least I wasn't too worried about dealing with snow on my steep driveway. Everyone [...]
This was a day of great food and lots of inspiration at Anna and Greg's. It took me awhile to make it past all of Greg's pottery calling to me from their front porch. Greg is a potter and Anna has a sewing studio and is an excellent knitwear designer.Once inside their art and pottery [...]
My passion for the lively texture of collapse weave continues. The shawls are woven in plain weave using an overtwist Habu Textiles wool crepe as the fiber that gives the weave its springy liveliness.  At 2/48 this is so fine as to be almost invisible in the weft. And with the loosely set warp threads [...]
I have just the thumb to finish, on a pair of mittens that I am determined to wear before winter takes its leave. The last few days have seen temps in the 40's with lots of melting snow and for me, thoughts of robins and daffodils are not far behind. I have done all [...]
Apparently being cooped up with cold temps has made for some productive weavers, judging by the wonderful projects on display at our weavers gathering at friend Elin's house. Just enough textile overload, shared comradery and laughter to keep us going until next months gathering, despite what winter throws at us. Â woolies by the [...]
November's weavers gathering was at good friend Nan and Jim's home. They and their young son, Ethan had recently been to Japan and had lots of books, pictures and tales of their travels to share. They all got to experience indigo dyeing, sumo wrestling, drumming and kayaking. A highlight of our gathering, as always is [...]
