Doing something daily is meditative, like watching the leaves change colors. Doesn’t it seem like it just happens? One day everything is green and the next – boom: yellow, gold, orange, rust … What if we just sat down and watched the colors change? It would take a long time! Thanks to everyone who participated in the drawing for a copy of Playing With Paper! Congratulations to the winner, Janet Osborn. Below are the front and back side of Weaving #2 which will confirm your guesses. (I took the photo of the back on a light box. See how the slits are accentuated by light? And for those of you who are really astute, the photo was taken before the little boxes were cut out). […]

From a very biased viewpoint: Mine! A group of Rochester Guild members -- including two "Convirgins," as weavers affectionately call those who are attending the convention for the first time -- journeyed to Providence on Wednesday, July 16, to see the fashion show and the exhibits. And, of course, the vendors. For those who aren't familiar with what Convergence is: this is the biennial convention of the Handweavers Guild of America, held somewhere in the continental United States and drawing a couple of thousand weavers, teachers, exhibitors, and vendors from all over the world. It is an inspiring event and -- because it's usually held on the West Coast -- I was not about to miss it. My traveling companions (left to right): Leslie Mendelson, Karen Berk, Hope Herting, Jenn Snyder, Teri Silsby, and me. Jenn, a Rhode Island native, was our wonderful hostess AND tour guide. Among the many tempting vendors: Master weaver Randy Darwall, whose scarves are pictured above The Glimakra booth, which to me is pretty much the weaving equivalent of Disneyworld.... None of us took classes, but instead visited the exhibits and toured the Providence area -- again, guided by Jenn Snyder. The fashion show was a highlight and spurred a lot of discussion. The first-place winner was not a weaver, for instance, but the garment itself was masterful and showed great skill in surface design, couture sewing, and garment design. (I had an item juried into the show -- but found out at the last minute that my garment had been disqualified because there was a tear in the back seam. I was told that they had received the garment that way, but there is no way on earth I would have shipped it like that. Most likely, it tore when a model tried it on. Still, quite honestly, the fabric was fragile and I had not reinforced the seam. I learned NOT to do that again, for sure. A painful experience but also a lesson.) Moving on: the Complex Weavers exhibit, named "Complexity," was a highlight of the conference for me. Again, for those who don't know, Complex Weavers is an international organization of handweavers who are interested in working with more than four harnesses -- although four-harness weaving is also explored by this group, as it can offer many challenges for advanced weavers. A dimensional wall hanging by Susie Taylor, double woven on 10 shafts with an origami layer Bonnie Inouye, whose work I admire greatly, wove this Echo weave piece with looped and interlocked strings on 24 shafts A detail of a Jacquard-woven piece by Lois Bryant, in weft-backed 8-shaft twills and 16-shaft satin One of my personal favorites: a scarf by Lesley Willcock created from network threading, woven on 32 shafts in a treadling range of 8-end satins The first-place winner was another piece by Lesley Willcock: a 4-color double weave using an extended parallel on a network threading and woven on 32 shafts Another personal favorite: a fancy twill scarf by Carol Wooten woven on 32 shafts This scarf is by Elizabeth Calnan, woven on 32 shafts in a double-weave point threading So much to see, so much to learn! With all the conversations, reading, and viewing, my head was fit to burst. The ideas will last me for at least two years -- until the next Convergence, just about....

Took a break from the barn building because Gary is tired and designed two warps, put one on and wove one scarf from the first one...made en...

I designed and wove an echo weave scarf using an extended parallel threading, but having read Alice Schlein’s 1996 article and a few others in Handwoven, I didn’t quite understand how a…

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I was surprised with a nice 3-D fabric when I wove with one yarn that shrinks more than another yarn after wet finishing. I think this is referred to as differential shrinkage in weaving. I also …

So, finally some weaving show and tell for you! Do you recall the scarves I wove before the move? Well, I wound another tencel warp, this time in olive green and set the loom up as exactly as before. Same 8 shaft threading, same tie up, same sett of 24 epi and even the same type of yarn being used. The difference was the treadling! This is what you get when you treadle an elaborate M's and W's in a snowflake (or twill progression) sequence Yes, that's a warp waiting to be beamed on the Spring.... finally! This scarf is much nicer in person and its fully reversible. Snowflake treadling I used is the basic "X" portion of the snowflake and that is a series of advancing runs to a mid point and then a reversal: 1,2,3,4 2,3,4,5 3,4,5,6 4,5,6,7 5,6,7,8 6,7,8 1,7,8 1,2,8 1,2,3,2,1, 8,2,1 8,7,1 8,7,6 8,7,6,5 7,6,5,4 6,5,4,3 5,4,3,2 4,3,2,1 You could try this with any type of threading, preferably in a weaving program and see what it would look like. Even look at the back and see if its reversible. You can mix and match different weaving sequences and create whole new looks! With the second scarf from this warp, I took a simpler approach. Its a run on the treadles of one through to eight and back again. That's it. This time with a royal blue over the olive green. Now I will confess that packing was starting to take precedence over weaving and so I had to weave this up quickly and get the loom ready for the big shift. Excuse the crease lines. I had the scarves pressed and lightly folded waiting for some sunshine and they waited much longer than expected. We have had only six days with out rain in the last two months! Of those, only half had a glimpse of the sun. If you live on the west coast, you have to take the winter rains in stride. I just get on with things anyhow. There's nothing you can do about it anyway! The iridescence in this scarf is simply lovely! I also played with the treadling a bit at the start and end to create a star feature. I'm considering adding some beads to play this star up a bit. It depends on my bead stash.... and whether it might be more of an annoyance than nice. Another bit of show and tell for you are my new hang tag cards! I used my own photograph and a template at Vista Print and created this folded card. I went for the gloss finish as I figure these represent you out there in the wide world, so make them memorable! More information on the back side, and I have a small hand held hole punch for when they are being used as a hang tag on a textile. (sorry this one has a fuzzy focus) I kept the inside simple. About the item on the top, and care instruction space on the bottom. I hand write in what is needed. If I'm using it like a regular business card, then you have space to write if need be. I'm very happy with them. I had a 30% off coupon code which was nice and then I resisted all the add on sales as I navigated my way to the check out. Just as I went to press 'order' they offered me double my order for an additional $9.99, which was a good deal and so I agreed. I have a 1000 of these now but since we aren't moving anymore, they will keep nicely! How did it get to be December???? I'm so not ready to do Christmas......

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I wove this blanket/ throw on my rigid heddle loom in a tabby weave here in my home in North Wales. I have used cotton and mixed fibres yarns and it is machine washable. The blanket/throw has 4.5 inch knotted fringes at either end which is in addition to the length of 44 inches. This blanket/ throw is a unique pattern as it was designed by me, but obviously on a tartan type theme. Working and playing with colours and yarns in this way is one of the reasons that I love weaving so much. It is very therapeutic and also quite creative. If you would like me to weave something similar for you then please contact me.

I was surprised with a nice 3-D fabric when I wove with one yarn that shrinks more than another yarn after wet finishing. I think this is referred to as differential shrinkage in weaving. I also …

This year I learned to design and weave turned taqueté, a warp-faced or warp-emphasis weave also called “warp-faced compound tabby” and other names as well. I love it! In the past I w…

Took a break from the barn building because Gary is tired and designed two warps, put one on and wove one scarf from the first one...made en...

I wove this shawl on my triangle- 7ft setting- I used crazy mini skeins that I spun in workshops that I had taken or taught- so it’s a bundle of memories! I mixed weaving every pin and every other...

Took a break from the barn building because Gary is tired and designed two warps, put one on and wove one scarf from the first one...made en...

Over the years I wove different types of woolen fabrics for jackets and pullovers. I often used 2/2 twill and woolen yarns, sometimes with a little bit of mohair mixed in with the warp. Woolen ya…

I wove this chenille shawl using one of the patterns from Marian Powell’s book, 1000(+) Patterns in 4, 6, and 8 Harness Shadow Weave (page 248). It follows a twill-step sequence and two adja…

5 dpi / 20/10 reed. Warp - 3m x 50 ends in 48 dents. After tie-on, I wound on 40cm before I started weaving, then I wove for 165cm before untying warp and weaving warp as weft. Total weight of ya...

This semester started fast! Sometimes I just can’t be-weave how much potential there is with doubleweave! So this semester, I thought I’d start running in many directions. Linen is my…

So, finally some weaving show and tell for you! Do you recall the scarves I wove before the move? Well, I wound another tencel warp, this ...

I wove this as a centrepiece for a Festival I am attending next month in the South of France. It was sold while still on the loom (I post regularly on my Facebook page). Makes all the long hours of work worthwhile.

In Floor Basket, the artist wove just enough of a structure to enclose an empty space. It is an example of Lillian Elliott's desire to create objects that appeared to be drawn in the air.

From time to time the topic of colour gamps crops up. Ages ago (before the age of digital cameras, anyway) I wove one a little different. I meant to keep it for myself, but one day someone wanted to buy it... and, what can I say: I am in this for the money (yeah right!), so of course I sold it. Now, of course, I can’t remember exactly what/how I did. There were some old notes, but not in enough detail. (Something that never has happened to me before – I wish ;-) I do remember it was about optic blending, and I do remember I tried to use the CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow) system, using what yarns I had on hand. After some fiddling, this is what I think I did: (click to make bigger – the bigger the more stripey it looks) Here and there there are a few colour-and-weave patterns, if you look closely enough. Here is one portion: In 2/2 twill: which also shows some colour-and-weave patterns:

Took a break from the barn building because Gary is tired and designed two warps, put one on and wove one scarf from the first one...made enough warp for three scarves from each warp, no cuffs this time because I'm falling behind in my sewing the cuffs and still have a bunch to make... Sunshine and Shimmer III And another warp...no name yet but very dramatic! I love my warps! xo

I was surprised with a nice 3-D fabric when I wove with one yarn that shrinks more than another yarn after wet finishing. I think this is referred to as differential shrinkage in weaving. I also …

This is what I wove at the festival as a demonstration piece.

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Took a break from the barn building because Gary is tired and designed two warps, put one on and wove one scarf from the first one...made en...