Monthly Archives: March 2007

Weaving exercises

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 28, 2007
After a light spin (only 45 minutes in Zone 1-2!), I finished up my workout, took a shower, and went back to my weaving. I experimented with a couple twills – some with sections of plainweave, some skipping every other treadle, as Bonnie suggested in her book. It was fun to play with [...]
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Sub-lactate long intervals did NOT go well

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 28, 2007
Last night I was supposed to do sub-lactate long intervals, 10 minutes in Zone 4 with gradually increasing intensity.  I could barely get into Zone 4 at all and could not sustain it for more than five minutes (and that with difficulty).  This makes no sense to me considering i managed to ride a good [...]
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Recovery week

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 27, 2007
Well, I just finished out my recovery week, and am feeling much better.  I also (finally!) remembered to wear my heart rate monitor on Saturday and discovered to my chagrin that I’ve been riding much too fast up Page Mill Road – zone 3-4 rather than zone 2-3.  No wonder I’ve been getting tired.  I [...]
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Morels are yummy

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 27, 2007
Morels are back in season!  We went by the Ferry Plaza Market last Saturday to find them at the mushroom place, albeit at the hair-raising price of $45/lb.  We bought four ounces of them and took them home, where last night I made a morel mushroom sauce to go with broiled lamb.  I chopped fine [...]
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Started weaving

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 22, 2007
I have finally managed to get the warp threaded onto the loom and have started weaving my first design – a simple 2/2/1/3 twill that I designed in WeaveDesign, a freeware program for constructing weaving drafts.  It’s coming out a bit warp-faced, so I think I sett it a little too closely; I’ll know better [...]
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