Monthly Archives: January 2009

Plugging away

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 31, 2009

I am now at the 6-yard mark (no trace of boredom so far), and have started sewing up the first muslin.  I’m also in the midst of dyeing the second batch of weft yarn, about 2.5 pounds in this batch (1200 g), in a VERY big stockpot.  Not bad progress considering that work is still [...]

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Boredom, Zen, and long warps

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 29, 2009

She commented on my last post, “I’m afraid I also couldn’t stay in for the long haul with 22 yards of weaving the same warp”. Well, I’m not sure I can either, but I figured there’s only one way to find out, and that’s to try it!  And, so far, I’ve actually found it to [...]

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Fallen from fiction

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 28, 2009

Day before yesterday I was in a bookstore (Kepler’s, in Menlo Park, one of the few remaining independent bookstores), killing time, and in the ten minutes I was there I bought a couple of books: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon, Rainbow’s End by Vernor Vinge, and The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. [...]

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25 random things about me

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 26, 2009

This is a “game” that has been spreading rapidly on Facebook, and I thought it might be of some interest, so I decided to post it here.  The idea (on Facebook anyway) is to write 25 random things about yourself, then tag 25 other people who you’d like to know more about.  I’m not going [...]

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Under way

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 26, 2009

A little bit (okay, a lot) of obsessive-compulsive labor is a wonderful thing: And a close-up shot: Do click for the larger photo; the colors are gorgeous.  (A trifle more towards garnet than this photo shows, but you get the idea.)

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