Throughout the many years of my weaving life, I have always loved to create mixed warps from odds and ends of yarn. I love seeing the interactions of the different colors and textures… 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
A reader, Carol Ruth, sent me pictures of an overshot coverlet that she inherited from her mother, and asked what I could tell her about it. Her pictures revealed a lot, and she… Continue reading
Back in September of 2018, I got an email from a woman in Tennessee, Carol Devenski, who was fairly new to weaving. She had seen a weaving swatch that she liked on my… Continue reading
Finding clues in the most unlikely of places… More beautiful textiles arrived from my mother-in-law’s house. She told me that her in-laws had traveled to the West and Mexico on camping vacations every… Continue reading
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
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
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
Back in 2012, I was reading the Iliad with an online group, and I was amazed when I got to these lines about the famous Helen: She [Iris] came on Helen in the… Continue reading
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
