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The Perils of Variegated Yarn….
I’m late with this post…but on Wednesday…my usual blogging day..I had nothing…well I had a whole pile of frustration, but I couldn’t even put into words how botched up everything was but it seems like today I have some words … Continue reading
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The M.D. scarf
This week I’m weaving a series of 3 scarfs. M.D. is a play on words because I originally wove this draft as a birthday gift for a friend with the initials MD, who works In the medical field and has … Continue reading
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This is what’s happening in the studio this week…..
So I’m going to start out with a non weaving subject… I have a raised vegetable garden..I love it! I’m a very good flower garden type gardener, but last year I got a raised vegetable garden put in, and I … Continue reading
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Half the year is gone…how did that happen?
I had grand goals for this year…I was accepted to the Forest Hills Craft Fair for November, and then I have Artmakers the first weekend of December 2022..so I figured I could weave 60 scarfs, 60 dish towels, 10 shawls … Continue reading
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The one where I try to catch you up
Happy April everyone and Happy 2021. This is just going to be a short post because I’m trying to get my groove back…so I will try to catch you up! I haven’t really woven anything since two weeks before Christmas. … Continue reading
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The one about Qiviet!
My brother and his wife Mikey live in Nome, Alaska. (Where I was born.). Mikey loves to go hiking, she’s been up Mt Denali… sheesh! Anyway, Mikey hikes…sometimes by herself, sometimes with a friend, sometimes with her daughter’s dog, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, hand knit hats, hats, knitting, musk ox, Nome, qiviut, rainydaytextiles.com
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The one about “Is false damask a twill?”
I was weaving Norbert’s extremely handsome scarfs a couple of weeks ago and watching the diagonal twill lines shift and thinking I had seen a scarf with blocks that didn’t have those diagonal lines. And then I started paging thru … Continue reading
The one about Color and Twills and Jayne….
I just read the best article by Deborah Heyman! It’s at Handwoven.com entitled “Controlling the primaries in your color mixing“. You need to read this article, especially if sometimes your weft turns your beautiful striped warp into mud. I’m going … Continue reading
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Tagged Handweaving, Jaggerspun, Made in Grand Rapids, Made in Michigan, Twills
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What do I do with some of these colors?
I wouldn’t say my house is cluttered., Or that I have a bunch of collectibles packed away. But I have to admit I am a collector. Of colors. Of yarn. And I’m trying to be more discerning in what I … Continue reading
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Slogging away…
I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had my small Norwood loom warped with a chenille scarf, but I was going to change that a bit…which I did…and boy was that a job! I already had … Continue reading
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Rainy Day Textiles 