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February – A Month of Love
Ah, sweet February, a short month that brings us days that grow increasingly longer. As winter slowly releases its grip, and with Valentine’s Day smack in the middle, I found time to reflect on the loves in my life. These … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, handwoven, love, Summer and Winter weave, tea towels, towel of the month, turned Summer and Winter, Valentine's Day, Warp, Weaving, Weft, yarn
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January – A Time for Swedish Lace
Yes, I know it’s late, but here we go anyway. For January, I decided to make some towels in Swedish Lace. I worked up a simple two block profile draft and then used traditional Swedish Lace threading to make the … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, Summer and Winter weave, Swedish Lace Weaving, tea towels, towel of the month
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Autumn Towels in Summer and Winter
It is truly Autumn here in BC. We had a long extended summer with lots of sunshine. This week the rains started and the weather turned colder. It happens every year, the leaves start to turn and then it rains … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, autumn leaves, Baby Wolf loom, colour, cotton, handwoven, Summer and Winter weave, tea towels, Weaving
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Summer and Winter Weave, Crackle and Spring Colour Explosion
I’m doing a little of this, a little of that, while enjoying the wonderful colour explosion of the late Spring flowers. Here is the third effort in my continuing study of Summer and Winter Weave. This is 4 shaft Summer … Continue reading
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Tagged baby blankets, Bamboo, cotton, Crackle Weave, Handweaving, handwoven, pattern weft, peonies, spring flowers, Summer and Winter weave, tiger lilies
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Summer and Winter Sample 2
The second challenge of the Summer and Winter study was to look at eight-shaft Summer and Winter weave on a one-colour warp. On eight shafts, six blocks are available. I chose 8/2 tencel in the colour olive green for warp. … Continue reading
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Tagged brocade, cotton, hand woven, ming blue, olive green, Scarf, Silk, Summer and Winter weave, tencel, woven
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A Year of Learning
I’m starting to think that my idea of retirement is very different from that of others. This year is shaping up to be a very intense year of learning and teaching with an almost vertical learning curve and I am … Continue reading
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Tagged brick style, Dukagang, learning in retirement, pairs style, polychrome, study group, Summer and Winter weave, Weaving
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