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Working small
Today's blog post: Silk yarns Becoming obsessed with projects seems to be my modus operandi; I’ve worked for years to just accept it and produce whatever it might be. As we all know, those projects are...
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Gearing up
Today's blog post: Gearing up. Getting ready for December, even though it’s already here. The studio MUST get cleaned up, as well as the adjunct studio (AKA dining room). So, it’s a bit of this and a...
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Sorting and procrastination
Today's blog post: Accordion book Wow! The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day here. Cold, but beautiful, after days of cloudy and rain. Artwise, there’s only a tiny bit of new around here. On...
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A belated happy new year-it’s been a really long time
Today's blog post: Proseco, pineapple juice, splash of Campari After having a houseful of people for ten days, it’s taken me a while to get back to normal, whatever that is. Plus, before that I was...
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Planning, planning, planning
Today's blog post: Wall calendar This is my wall calendar, where I am trying to put things for the year. Some don’t have firm dates so they are just kind of there. Notice the washi tape? I found it in...
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The saga of cartoon-making
Today's blog post: Drawing for cartoon Sometimes the weaving needs a cartoon, sometimes not. On strictly geometric pieces, I usually draw to scale on graph paper and just weave away based on my...
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Trying something new
Today's blog post: Lottery tickets Well, it’s obvious that my word of the year, abundance, did not carry over into the lottery. I seldom buy lottery tickets, but I had to buy gas, and there was all the...
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Going all out-kind of
Today's blog post: Sarah Diamantopoulos Isn’t it wonderful? I just have to show this! It’s woven on an inkle loom by one of our guild members, Sarah Diamantopoulos. Sarah said she went through a lot of...
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The mess before the organize
Today's blog post: Cartoons all piled up This was on my task list for the week. I’ve been struggling to keep all my cartoons organized in some way, to no avail. They’ve been rolled. They’ve been cut up...
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As I write this
Today's blog post: As I write this, key wat is simmering on the stove, part of the spice-of the-month-dinner for this month. Yes, it was really for November, but we’re behind. I’ve written about these...
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Random thoughts
Today's blog post: Wildflowers (detail) I have a full week of dyeing ahead of me. My spreadsheet is ready, skeins are labeled, dyes are on hand…time to get started. The mornings are a bit cold for it,...
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Another week, another lesson, and success
Today's blog post: Rice paper-Who knew they had an attractive weaverly design. Things did not go as planned last week, except for improving my diet. Success in that area, well except for one meal....
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Busy making color
Today's blog post: The yarn I mentioned before, the Mobelatta, kinks, even though it’s a 2-ply yarn. I have this very interesting in the dye process. Below are just a few of the greens I’m trying out....
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It’s a green day
Today's blog post: 27 skeins of balled up green Have you ever spent a day balling up skeins of yarn? Except for the tangles in the new yarn I’m trying, a pretty boring experience. I tried doing it...
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Weaving and not much else
Today's blog post: Bluebonnet The latest project is now halfway complete on piece one. Since that’s pretty much all I have been doing, there’s really nothing to write about, unless you count the itty...
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Weave, repeat, repeat, repeat
Today's blog post: Almost done! Weaving for four hours per day does not leave me with very much to say, as I repeat myself. I did dye one more color to add to the others. The piece on the loom will be...
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Hodgepodge
Today's blog post: A yard in town We had a huge hail storm here last week. The ice falling on my roof woke me around 4:30 AM. Actually, I’m not sure if it was the storm or the fact that the ceiling fan...
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Listen to yourself
Today's blog post: Cartoon with color ID Why oh why don’t I listen to myself? I started a new green combination and thought it just didn’t look right, but of course, it had to be. After all, hadn’t I...
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And now for real life
Today's blog post: Off the loom The goal has been completed! It has been cut off the loom. (Green is not my favorite color, so I’m a bit conflicted about this.) Now comes the actual finishing, but for...
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Finish work
Today's blog post: Three of five So, instead of weaving, this is the finishing portion of my work. Our guild is having a sale April 30, so I decided that these pieces that have been rolled up in a...
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