Monthly Archives: May 2007

Visit with a fellow weaver, huck lace shawl

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 31, 2007
So, it turns out that a fellow weaver lives in Silver Terrace! so I went to visit her yesterday.  She showed me some utterly gorgeous scarves woven in 8/2 tencel, using handpainted warps from Heritage Yarns.  I am a structural weaver myself (meaning I like to design complex weave structures), not a color/texture weaver, so [...]
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Sierra and Sequoia Centuries

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 31, 2007
So, Lorri has me slated for two centuries this weekend: the Sierra Century, and the Sequoia Century.  Both of them are relatively challenging centuries – 12,000 feet of climbing for the Sierra (which makes it almost on par with Markleeville) and 9,000 feet of climbing for the full Sequoia.  I may not do the full [...]
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Apricot jam

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 29, 2007
First, the tragedy: my favorite peach vendor has stopped coming to the farmer’s markets!! You have to understand: I’ve been buying peaches from him for ten years.  When he left the Mountain View farmer’s market, I followed him to the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Market, even though it meant an 80-mile round-trip every week to get [...]
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Tutu diversion

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 29, 2007
I’ve just finished threading up the loom for my white silk huck lace shawl, and was going to finish sleying the reed tonight, but I’ve been diverted by a crisis: an AIDS Lifecycle rider needs a tutu for Red Dress Day!  So I am going to make him a tutu tonight.  I think I have [...]
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Finished weaving my tiger eye shawl!

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 25, 2007
No photos yet – I’m waiting until I have it completely finished to take a photo, and the tiger striped beads haven’t arrived yet.  I figure I’ll have a photo posted sometime around end of next week, assuming the beads arrive in time.  But it’s woven, wet-finished, and gorgeous. I’m already starting work on my next [...]
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