One Warp, Six Variations
In an effort to use up my yarn stash, I returned to a project I had first woven in 2015, and I ended up weaving six table runners. This Handwoven magazine cover from… Continue reading
In an effort to use up my yarn stash, I returned to a project I had first woven in 2015, and I ended up weaving six table runners. This Handwoven magazine cover from… Continue reading
As I have become the family archivist, I have gotten to virtually experience world travels. My in-laws visited many countries in the 1980s and 90s, and sometimes their tours included textile centers. Here… Continue reading
It is time for another quarterly reveal day, for the online group The Endeavourers. This time our theme was “Texture.” Our themes are picked at random from a list, but I felt we… Continue reading
Today is Bastille Day, and while the crowds outside are celebrating with music and fireworks, let’s slip down a cool dim hallway to lose ourselves in a treasury of French craftsmanship. From 1732… Continue reading
A few times a year, around either my birthday or Christmas (or when there’s been enough of a time lapse for him to forget the last trip), my husband bravely accompanies me into… Continue reading
In my last post I talked about the process of creating silk thread from cocoons. To me, silk has always had an aura of leisure and luxury, but in reading about it I… Continue reading
Humans have been fascinated with silk for thousands of years. The oldest piece of silk cloth found to date is just a tiny fragment, found near Shanghai. It dates back to about 2750… Continue reading
Lustrous, colorful silk has beckoned to people in America over the centuries. Some saw it as a way to achieve self-sufficiency, others as a way to build wealth, and still others as an… Continue reading
It’s Materials Madness March – a month where I am going to just play around with different materials, without having to complete any useful items. Back in 2002, I read an article in… Continue reading
Yesterday I gave a little pop quiz. I’m a former teacher, I can do that. Let’s go over the quiz and see how you did! Q 1) The French artist was named Trouvelot… Continue reading