Monthly Archives: April 2007

Some weaving photos

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 29, 2007
My latest work (I just took it off the loom, haven’t even twisted the fringe yet): It’s a 3/80 Nm 55/45 silk/cashmere yarn from Colourmart, color “Silver Fox”.  I had Richard wind four strands together, and used the quadrupled strand to warp/weave the fabric.  The warp is the original color, the weft I dyed black.  The [...]
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Mt. Diablo, hot chocolate, new shorts

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 28, 2007
Lorri and I climbed Mt. Diablo yesterday, 3:10 total (I forget how long to the top).  It wasn’t as bad as I was expecting, although there were a fair number of steeper grades (10-13%) on the path from the junction to the summit, and the last 200 meters were, as promised, extremely steep.  I was [...]
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Climbing faster

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 26, 2007
After climbing Mt. Diablo on Monday, I felt pretty strong, so when I tackled Mt. Hamilton on Monday, I decided to push the pace a little.  I managed the first hour at 1750 feet/hour!  That’s substantially faster than the 1450 I’d been doing before, managed mostly by staying one notch above granny gear rather than [...]
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Weaving and spinning

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 26, 2007
I finished my red-and-black checkerboard shawl, and am twisting the fringe!  It’s closer to fuschia than black, but it came out as well as I could ask for.  I wove it in a 2/2 twill so the red-and-black parts are twill diagonals, which looks more interesting than over-and-under plainweave. I’ve just finished beaming on the warp [...]
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Mt. Diablo, and some philosophy

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 23, 2007
Went up Mt. Diablo today, for a three-hour hilly ride (3000′ of climbing). I ran out of time before reaching the summit, though I did make it past the junction of South and North Gate. It didn’t help that I got lost for about half an hour before finding Mt. Diablo Scenic Road [...]
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