Today I said farewell to a dear old friend. I will miss her although I know she is moving to a good home. The "she" to whom I refer is my Fireside loom. Her time with me was rich with sunshine and color. We had our moments - all relationships do - but we spent a lot of time together [...]
As the winter days get shorter and shorter, my urge to curl up in front of the fire with a good book wars with my desire to create gifts and cozy items for myself. I am overwhelmed with ideas. This year I have been determined to use what I have in my stash as much as I can. With this minor [...]
We have recently returned from a lovely vacation in England and Scotland, visiting relatives and trying out the Scottish Highlands for the first time. As a thank you to our various hosts, I decided to send them each a handwoven dishtowel inspired by something I saw on the trip: one of the gardens at Balliol College, Oxford University. It was [...]
My brother has a major decade milestone this year and I wanted to make him something special - something that would be useful, would not go out of style, and was within my skill set. I thought and thought. A scarf? Too common and really we have been there and done that. Redo of the piano scarf? No - see previous. Kitchen [...]
in which we find ourselves learning in spite of ourselves of waffling warps and willful wefts... My latest efforts on my loom ended in triumph but I admit it took me a while to get there. The most recent (no. 253) issue of Handwoven included a pattern for some lovely dish towels that seemed just the ticket for my sister's Xmas present. [...]
