Bridal Couture

All work and no play was making Tien verrrry cranky, so when Bridal Couture by Susan Khalje arrived in my mailbox yesterday, I was thrilled at having an excuse to get away from the computer.  It’s a wonderful book, with detailed instructions on how to construct the exterior and interior of a wedding-gown.  So far [...]
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Wow. Wow. WOW!

Weavolution  stats: Day One: 38, 486 page views (!!!!) 2,183 visits 1,464 unique visitors 600+ registered users Day Two: 32, 543 page views (!!!) 2,144 visits 1, 423 unique visitors 1,100+ registered users Day Two morning: I get a phone call from our hosting service suggesting that we might want to upgrade our hosting plan, given the massive increase in traffic.  LOL! We’ve gotten a lot of [...]
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What an amazing, AMAZING day.

In just 12 hours – not even a full day! – after launch, Weavolution has racked up: 29,871 (!!!) page views in 1,903 visits 1,302 unique visitors 600+ new registered users I think that says it all. I got up at 3am this morning to work on the launch, so if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go collapse now…
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Weavolution is LIVE!!!

JOIN THE WEAVOLUTION The new online gathering place for hand weavers Weavolution.com, an online social network designed to meet the unique needs of handweavers, launched its beta test on June 8, 2009. Designed to bring handweavers together from around the world, Weavolution.com is a one-stop resource for every type of handweaver. From [...]
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First yard down

I’ve now woven the first yard of the fabric.  It’s interesting – I had thought white on white would be very forgiving, since it’s all one color, but it turns out it’s extremely unforgiving, because there are no colors to distract from flaws in the pattern.  Tension problems show up like a sore thumb if [...]
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