I thought I would regress back to the beginnings. After my initial weaving class with Jean Betts, I delved into weaving tea towels. The 2/8 cotton cones of fibre were reasonably priced and there were so many colours to choose from. At that time I had a 4 shaft counterbalance loom and I played with colour and pattern. I realized quickly that I must have an 8 shaft loom, as there was so much more I could do. Checking Craig's List I came upon an 8 shaft jack loom that was wider as well. Now I could weave a blanket. I signed up for a workshop at the Weavers' School in Coupville with Madelyn van der Hoogt. It was a week of weaving with different fibres on different looms. It was so much fun. Coupville is a small town in Washington state with many Bed and Breakfast Inns and a quaint town centre along the water front. I have also been to several of Jane Staffords' workshops and have enjoyed those as well. She has a very large studio on Salt Spring Island with shelves full of fibre. It's like going to a candy store, except more expensive.
So now I am weaving up a storm with my 8 shaft loom, tea towels are coming off the back beam in a furry like mass production. I have enough tea towels to now sell. I signed up to be a vendor at Fibrations and with my friend Arlene we had a good number of items to sell and so they did. I think it is catching on that the handwoven tea towels are much more absorbent, durable and colourful. This is when I thought about having a Blog. I took a course at Camosun College to learn the basics and then I started to blog. It was fun to share information with other weavers and friends. Weaving is a way for me to ground myself, take my mind off other things going on. (Right now it is my furnace on the fritz and the guy just left mumbling "I think it's the board we have to order a new one and it's good that it's not too cold out"). I would have to say it is almost meditative. Eckhart Tolle writes about the Power of Now. I have to be in the present ever mindful that one wrong move could be a mistake.
Fibrations will be taking place August 16th 2015 on the lawns of the Fairfield Gonzales Community Centre at 1330 Fairfield Rd. August 16th 10 am to 4pm.
Come by and visit us.
So now I am weaving up a storm with my 8 shaft loom, tea towels are coming off the back beam in a furry like mass production. I have enough tea towels to now sell. I signed up to be a vendor at Fibrations and with my friend Arlene we had a good number of items to sell and so they did. I think it is catching on that the handwoven tea towels are much more absorbent, durable and colourful. This is when I thought about having a Blog. I took a course at Camosun College to learn the basics and then I started to blog. It was fun to share information with other weavers and friends. Weaving is a way for me to ground myself, take my mind off other things going on. (Right now it is my furnace on the fritz and the guy just left mumbling "I think it's the board we have to order a new one and it's good that it's not too cold out"). I would have to say it is almost meditative. Eckhart Tolle writes about the Power of Now. I have to be in the present ever mindful that one wrong move could be a mistake.
Fibrations will be taking place August 16th 2015 on the lawns of the Fairfield Gonzales Community Centre at 1330 Fairfield Rd. August 16th 10 am to 4pm.
Come by and visit us.