Warped

October 18, 2009

I looked up the definition of the word “warp” so that I could properly explain it to you. According to a certain online dictionary, it means: “a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft.” It also means: “a twist or curve that has developed in something originally flat or [...]

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A Cook Can’t Have Too Many Potholders

October 10, 2009

Because spinning and weaving are “lost” folk arts, when I demonstrate them in schools I try to show children something to which they might relate. I show them potholders and a potholder loom, because the weaving of potholders was almost a rite of passage for the kids I knew as a child. The weaving of [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

April 25, 2007

Y’all have never known me to quiet for Wordless Wednesday. This begs explanation. It is a closeup image of a weaving called “Fireworks” that I did (before I started blogging). A friend said I couldn’t weave something that cost nothing. I showed her. This is in a frame made from limbs. The raffia was easter [...]

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