It’s funny how an object can elicit so many memories. For me, one of those objects is this handwoven Christmas tree which my grandmother hung in her home during the holidays. My grandmother was a prolific weaver and then also a collector of fiber arts items. When my grandparents passed,…
I’ve been wanting to make myself bath towels for quite some time. Throughout the years I’ve experimented with different weave structures and different cottons to see what would work best. I really wanted the towel to have texture so I played a lot with waffle weave, but couldn’t come up…
Oh my goodness! I’m about to have a brand new grand baby in just a few weeks. Yes, we already know the gender and our little one has a name- Archie. Archie will be our second grandchild and the first child of our youngest daughter and her husband. We are…
Humm…why in the world would anyone weave burp cloths? That’s going to be one spoiled grandchild. It sounds a little crazy, but I decided the best way to sample an upcoming project would be, in fact, to weave burp cloths. At least I know the samples would be put to…
For me, weaving is such a journey. I absolutely love this adventure in fiber arts. Lately I’ve been seeing so many beautiful creations from other weavers using painted warps and I couldn’t wait to give it a try. After painting my warp using the ice dyeing technique (see the Experimenting…
My grandmother was a weaver. She taught weaving in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for many years in her basement studio. I didn’t, however, learn to weave from my grandmother. I just lived too far away and weaving isn’t something you can just pick up from weekend visits. Learning to weave came…
I’ve been wanting to make bath towels for a while now. I just haven’t found the right structure or pattern that worked. Well, that’d would be up until now. For the past two years I’ve been taking online weaving classes through Jane Stafford’s School of Weaving. The classes are amazing…
