Mystery Textile
In my last few posts, I have told about some great textiles I came across at a local antique show. The nice lady in the booth with the quilt top told me she… Continue reading
Category Archive: Weaving
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Rose Overshot Coverlet
This year is flying by and I have yet to finish a project, but I am buying enough textiles to make up the difference! This past week, my sister and great-nephew visited, through… Continue reading
The Cloth Antiquary
What do you do when there’s no Wikipedia page? In my last three posts, I have given you some small samples from the 1936 book, The Romance of French Weaving. There are so… Continue reading
Rules, Routines, and the Restraint of Initiative
Today I am going to let M. Paul Rodier show us The Romance of French Weaving with a little tour of Paris on the thirteenth century. The king, Louis IX, later known as… Continue reading
15 in ’15 First Quarter Check-in
After a very wet and overcast winter, spring is here! Time to check in on my list of goals for the year. (My original post about 2015 goals is here.) I am… Continue reading
The Student Inspires the Teacher
I planned to make this table runner Handwoven magazine Jan/Feb 2014 for our Cherished Neighbor Liz BUT I thought I’d better check to see if she liked it first SO I figured out… Continue reading
Tracking Textile History: The Minoans, Part Two
Before we get into more of Minoan textiles, we need to take a short look at how this culture was brought back from three thousand years of oblivion. There is a fast-paced, readable… Continue reading
Yarn Trunk: Down 1 Cone – Towel Drawer: Up 5 Towels
I mistakenly thought that this batch of towels would quickly clean up my yarn stash. It’s a two-shuttle weave, and the pattern thread has some long floats, so I thought that would require… Continue reading
Sneak Peeks
It’s been exactly a year since I wove some monk’s belt towels. That batch did not use up my yarn stash as much as I hoped. I still have just odds and ends… Continue reading
Layers of a Luxury Look
This week I accompanied my husband to a conference at a resort hotel in the Texas Hill Country. Through a reservations mix-up, we ended up in one half of a luxury suite! It… Continue reading