Helen of Troy and the Trojan Cloak
In my last post, I talked about the beautiful Helen of Troy and her incredible weaving skills. Homer may have just intended to show her as a proper woman, industriously weaving, but his… Continue reading
Category Archive: Weaving
Helen of Troy: World-Renowned Weaver – and, I hear, kinda pretty!
Along with a group of followers of the Dancing Professor, I’m reading the Iliad. (Is there a collective noun for a group of blog followers? A gaggle of followers? A chatter? A press?)… Continue reading
Christmas Cheer
It’s a little too warm to really feel like Christmas, but I am starting to decorate a little. One of my favorite decorations is this vintage fabric. I don’t normally decorate with gold,… Continue reading
Starting Them Out Right
When you’re a crafts person and you have a child, you tend to hope that they will follow you down the satisfying road of creativity. You start them off with handmade outfits and… Continue reading
Shawl of Paisley Design
After getting through six months of summer, Texans look forward to the cool weather of fall – even when it’s not really cool enough, I bring out my cozy textiles in the hopes… Continue reading
Halloween Textravaganza
I’m not a huge Halloween aficionado, but I do have a few items that might help you in planning a Halloween party. It’s still early in the month – sure, you have time… Continue reading
Jacquard Coverlet
This is a double-cloth coverlet, woven in two panels on a Jacquard loom. The yarn is 2-ply wool in its natural cream color, indigo blue and (I believe) madder red. The colors are… Continue reading
Coverlet Mysteries
I don’t see as many woven coverlets for sale as I do quilts, but this is one I picked up back in the 90s. I’ve always thought of it as a small blanket,… Continue reading
Colorious II
Every weaver worth their thread does sample pieces called gamps, to try different threadings, or yarns, or colors – or all of the above- in one reference piece. These color gamps are… Continue reading
3-D Wall Quilt
I saw some free-standing quilt blocks in Jean Wells’ book Intuitive Color and Design: Adventures in Art Quilting. They were sort of a cross between a quilt block and a sculpture, using miniature… Continue reading