Textiles
How to Make a Wrist Distaff
A “wristaff” is a great way to hold your fiber while you’re spindle spinning. I know I wrote up a tutorial years ago, but I’ve lost it, so here it is as best I remember it. I’m glad I still Read more
Textiles
Ergonomic spinning video
I made my first instructional video: how to spin in the way I’ve been doing it since I hurt my thumb. I call it “medium draw”, as I know several spinners who use this technique but it doesn’t seem to Read more
Cats
Ridiculous Kitty
Okay, this is completely just a silly post, but the world needs to see my cat Eris chase his own tail. He’s ridiculous. He does this almost every evening…
Art
Art, Craft, and Expression
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about art and how it differs from and overlaps with craft. Most of what I do is craft. It can be artistic — designing a weaving pattern, or choosing how to handle colors in Read more
Textiles
Crafting Updates
I haven’t spun since February, thanks to a bad case of tendonitis in my right thumb. So I’m giving it a break. Instead I’ve been working on other things, mainly a huge cross-stitch project. It’s The Pointed Fifth from Long Read more
History
Kentucky Romany?
I dug into the family genealogy a few months ago, and I’ve been trying to do research since. Unfortunately I’m having a hard time finding information, so I’m throwing this out there in case someone comes across this post and Read more
History
Textiles of West Africa: A Research Project
The Cotton Club Museum invited the Gainesville Handweavers Guild back for this year’s Florida Emancipation Day (May 20th) celebration. It was held on May 18th this year, because that was the closest Saturday. Originally I thought I’d be giving a Read more
Textiles
Grayscale in Color
Just a quick post to say how much I love the way this scarf looks. If I can find a slightly thicker yarn dyed this way, I’d be delighted to make myself a sweater. Yarn is Baah La Jolla in Read more
Travel
FTWG Conference 2024
I was, thanks to some weaver friends, able to attend part of the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild‘s annual conference this year. It ran from March 14th to the 27th (Thursday through Sunday). I was there for the first two days Read more
Milestones
Proof of Life
This morning I smiled at myself in the mirror while I was getting ready for the day, and I noticed something: when I smile, I have wrinkles under my eyes now. Maybe they’ve been there for a while — I Read more