Sometimes, I go somewhere, meet someone, or see something that makes it really difficult for me to keep my bum on my desk chair! Today is one such day – and before I go any further, I need to clarify that the special project in question is not one on …
weaver in the wilderness
Studio notes on crossing the finish line.
This past week has been a slight departure from the norm for me – apart from glorious weather and spectacular sunsets which continue to be enjoyed from my deck with a glass of the good stuff in hand at the end of a day spent at desk and loom. Why …
The Loom with a View
……….is currently empty! For the first time in a very, very long time, I find myself in a situation where I don’t have a warp on any one of my harness looms! I can’t honestly remember when last this happened. My Rigid Heddle looms are well in use I have …
The view from my loom has changed a little
…. as the August winds have arrived punctually in the Lowveld and it is too dusty and windy to weave on the patio right now! Having said that, it doesn’t mean that I have been idle – in fact far from it! The Rep weave is off the eight shaft …
There’s a ray of sunshine on my loom with a view….
The bumpy start to my current project, has, I have to say, not really settled down – although…. and I say ‘although’ with more than a little trepidation, I feel that I might be beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Rep-weave experiment is finally …
It’s been a while since I sat at my loom with a view
…. but having said that, I didn’t realize that it had been quite such a long while! The air of complacency that has prevailed over the past few months, has, as we all know, been shattered as we crash back into lockdown level 4. I had already decided that I …