A Balkan Treasure
A few weekends ago I went to an antique show. I had no intention of buying anything; I was there to meet up with an antique dealer I had met at a previous… Continue reading
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Guest Post: A Weaver Shares Her Path
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
Eighty Years Ago in Mexico
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
Tattered Treasures
As my mother-in-law continues to downsize, she is contributing to some sizeable up-sizing of our own household, and the treasures she is passing on to me came from a generation even further back,… 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
On the Trail of Sail History – the Vikings
We left off somewhere around 1350 BC, when the Mycenaean kings may or may not have been requiring plain linen cloth to be woven as a tax or tribute intended for sail use. … Continue reading
A Great Coat for Great Weather
This coat belonged to my husband’s grandfather! Gary Cooper wore one like it in The Fountainhead, which was made in 1949, so I would guess this is from the 1950s. It is only… Continue reading
Colorious Results
All summer I have been experimenting with natural dyes from the plants in my yard. After getting many wonderful yellows, I was full of anticipation to try pokeberries and get red for a… Continue reading
More Beautiful Yellows
Here are the latest results from my dye jars* – Jenny Dean mentions hawthorn in her book Wild Color. She recommends using the flowers or berries, and says the leaves and twigs will… Continue reading
Dye Days of Summer – Pears
For my second dye experiment, I used pear twigs and leaves, soaked in well water for about a week. I put the soaked twigs and leaves in the dye pot with fresh water,… Continue reading