St. Thomas University in St Paul, MN, hosted this year's Midwest Weavers Conference. With tours to places like The American Swedish Institute, The Minneapolis Art Institute, and Fairbault Woolen Mill and many classes with some of the weaving worlds' biggest rock stars. Classes like; Doublewave with Jennifer Moore, Crimp Cloth with Dianne Totten, and sigh...Designing [...]
Our May weavers gathering at Carole's couldn't have had a prettier setting. Her property is smack dab in the middle of an old apple orchard that was in full bloom. We spent so much time laughing and chatting, eating so much great food, and oohing and ahhhing over show and tell projects; that I didn't [...]
Viva Gallery is an artists cooperative that I am proud to be a member of, and we recently featured a group show, where we each took home an 8x8 canvas, to go all arty on. Now for the painters, this was not such a "think outside of the box" kind of challenge but as a [...]
Something about weaving pinwheels makes me want to giggle, and chase firefly's in the moonlight.I found this hidden woolen mill accidentally while exploring the river in my daughters college town, Appleton, Wi. Established in 1880 it is called the Courtney Woolen Mill and they card wool into quilt batts. Good, fibery find= lots of daughter [...]
Alpaca/and handspun wool woven cowl on the loomiceResistance shawl that I knit for my daughter/ I'm hoping to borrow it...Sidie Hollowalpaca woven twill cowl with Jul closure
Collapse weave; another thing off my weavers bucket list of things to try. As you can tell by the number of pictures I took, I was pretty excited about the results. While most weaving transforms a bit when you finish it by washing, this actually came alive in my hands. The first scarf that I [...]
Now that my September fairs are over I am finding the time for life's other pleasures, namely blogging, playing with my photos and in general, still ignoring the weeds in my flower beds and the spider webs that pop up every where this time of year. Time to enjoy the crisp air and the sweet [...]
This honeycomb scarf has been off the loom for awhile now. I don't often weave with wool and I thoroughly enjoyed this, especially how substantial and alive the finished fabric feels. Partly because the wool crepe that outlines the honeycombs gives the scarf just a bit of collapse and texture. I wove this knowing that [...]
my treasurebamboo spaced warp scarvesmy favoritemixed warp scarf with bamboo weft/ M's and O's bamboo scarfrayon chenille with bamboo weft and rosepath inlayRayon chenille shawl with bamboo weft and rosepath inlay I am recovered enough from my marathon weaving to feel a little sorry for my empty looms. I probably won't remedy it tomorrow though; because [...]
perfect porch weatherSusans weavingsmy table runner/linen warp, paper weftspaced warp table runners/ one with hemp weft, one with paper weftJoyces pursemany hands/old krokbragd textile of Kathy'slavender lemonade What a sweet day. Perfect weather to enjoy with friends on the porch. Lunch was simple salad fixins and some great lavender lemonade. I was going the healthy route [...]
