Having reflected on what 2019 brought, what am I hoping for during a new year? A new decade? Not goals or aspirations, per se, but starting points: hopes, dreams, and prayers. I made a list of “make 9s” in my journal, and almost immediately trashed it. It made me hyperventilate a little. There’s no way … More Step into 2020
What I neglected to mention yesterday is that the log cabin pattern is part of a family of patterns called “color and weave.” Whenever you use changing colors in the warp and weft together to make a pattern, that’s color and weave. I think it has to be plain weave? I’m not the expert here. … More TTofC: Eight Pairs of Patterns
Log Cabin is a stunning example of how a bafflingly complex-looking pattern can be made in plain weaving, just by arranging colors. Last year I figured out, just by messing around with my daughters’ loop loom, that you can make stripes by alternating colors in both warp and weft. In other words, if every other … More TTofC: Seven Log Cabin Stripes
Last December I wrote about my accomplishments for the year gone by, and my hopes for 2019. It was very interesting to read through and see what I thought would happen, and compare it to the reality. I. Intentions That Came True… Sort Of A. The Year of the Sweater I declared 2019 to be … More How 2019 Went
Holidayed is a word. Holiday can be a verb, therefore it can have a past tense: “we holidayed in France.” I’m only slightly extending the semantic range by using it as a past participle, as in “I have been holidayed.” Homemaking I’ve told you about our celebrations. And I’ve already written about the way Advent … More December Check-In: Holidayed
Plaid was on my bucket list. I think plaids are fantastic. They make me wish I was even slightly Scottish. So I was pretty excited to try them in Liz Gipson’s Colorwork class. First, the warping. The threading was complex, but in her videos Liz walks you through every step of the process, and gives … More TTofC: Four-coloured Plaid
The next set of towels I made had three aspects of learning, two to do with colour and one with technique. I started by learning the indirect method of warping. I won’t go into too much detail, but suffice it to say it’s a different way of winding the warp – the long yarns that … More TTofC: Three Hand-dyed Wefts
On this second day of Christmas, I’ll share with you the first set of towels I made. First set of towels ever, actually. The first lesson in Liz Gipson’s 201: Colorwork class is about symmetrical stripes in the warp. She has a lot of helpful stuff to say about design. Personally I think weaving design … More TTofC: Two Symmetrical Stripes
Happy feast of our blessed Lord’s birth! We’ve had a lovely holiday here in our new home. It’s so much quieter than we’re used to, which translates to holidays being less work, so we’re thankful. We went to a community feast Monday night: We had a family birthday party for Jesus last night, Spent yesterday … More The Twelve Towels of Christmas
Or: How I Learned to Stop Grousing and Love Christmas Music in Advent Like most Anglicans in my demographic, I have gone through a snobbish phase. I have followed the dictum of many of us regarding Advent: “Save Advent for Advent! Christmas has its own season!” And its most relevant corollary: “No Christmas carols during … More Joyful Anticipation
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