The Joy of Cooking, which is one of the most entertaining cookbooks ever written, defines eternity as “a ham and two people”. But I found a new version today, when (you guessed it!) my 120/2 silk finally arrived! Unfortunately, it arrived on only two cones, one of 500g and one of 1500g. This meant I [...]
So much to do, so little time! I had a wonderful time at Sandra’s – her DH, Mike, repaired my warp beam and made an adapter that will allow me to wind cones on my double-ended AVL bobbin winder, and Sandra and I talked a lot about weaving and interleaved network drafted threadings. She does [...]
Sandra and I stumbled across the new CNCH website yesterday (it’s gorgeous by the way), and it inspired me to TOTALLY rethink my concept for my website. I had been thinking about using WordPress for a set of static pages, but their presentation is fresh (totally different from the old site) and totally cool. Now [...]
The company we contracted with to build Weavolution has delivered the first prototype of the site! It’s still very much in development (sorry, no links yet) but visually it looks right, and you can add drafts, projects, etc., search by tags, and do a lot of other really cool stuff. The volunteer team is currently [...]
I’ve been debating over the last several months over what I should name my AVL Workshop Dobby Loom. Leaving it unnamed is simply not an option; I’m the sort who names anything that seems significant, especially if it’s complex enough that I’m likely to be negotiating, arguing, shouting at, etc. it. (Though I rarely shout [...]
