Color Sequence: DarkViolet x2, RosyBrown, RoyalBlue, Chartreuse x2, MediumVioletRed x3, DarkOrchid x2, YellowGreen x3, DarkOrchid x2, MediumVioletRed x3, Chartreuse x2, RoyalBlue, RosyBrown, DarkViolet x2

Long Thread Media - publisher of Piecework, Handwoven, Little Looms, Spin Off, and (soon!) Weft - is trying to save Craftsy or at least make some $ off it - as a subscriber to one of these magazines, I have an offer for a full year of membership for under $2. I'd snap up if I liked video instruction but I don't. Do any of you find Craftsy helpful? #fiberArt #spinning #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting

Experimenting with twills. #weaving #weven

Color Sequence: Moccasin x2, (LimeGreen, Moccasin) x3, LimeGreen x2, (CadetBlue x3, Moccasin) x2, CadetBlue x2, Moccasin, CadetBlue x2, (Moccasin, CadetBlue x3) x2, LimeGreen x2, (Moccasin, LimeGreen) x3, Moccasin x2

ugh this is taking forever but it's going to be *so pretty* when it's done. years from now. decades even. it is interminable.

Color Sequence: Burlywood x3, DarkOrchid x3, CornflowerBlue x2, DarkCyan x4, CornflowerBlue x2, (DarkCyan, CornflowerBlue) x3, DarkCyan, (CornflowerBlue, DarkCyan) x3, CornflowerBlue x2, DarkCyan x4, CornflowerBlue x2, DarkOrchid x3, Burlywood x3

Gallup has an amazing selection of Native American art, with much lower prices than other places in New Mexico.

I've been poking at Pixelfed, hoping to find a fediverse alternative to Google Photos. I don't think it's really what I need. But I do have some photos there -- here's a cool one: https://pixelfed.social/p/ddrake/816666846511902567

Copying that here: one thing I did not expect about Peru was the unbelievably rich culture of fiber arts. Weaving, spinning, knitting, dyeing, crochet, knitting -- it's EVERYWHERE. Women all over use woven cloth like this to carry things -- you just bundle up your stuff, tie the thing around your shoulders, and go. From groceries to small children, they carry everything.

These aren't just practical and functional, the patterns and colors are simply stunning!

It's delightful to see actual sunshine in the studio, but it also reminds me that I have to move the ryijy out of its path.

Vierailu menneisyyteen (vanha kokko) / Revisiting the Past (Old Bonfire), hand-knotted wool on cotton warp, 64 x 54 cm, 2019

I said earlier I'd double checked and it's definitely Wednesday so clearly it's #WIPWednesday time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIFF3e0DI3s

Exciting #weaving news

>>The New Green Book

We are weaving every pattern in the classic A Handweaver's Pattern Book by Marguarite Porter Davidson, photographing them in colour and republishing the new version in 2026.<<

https://gathertextiles.com/pages/the-new-green-book?fbclid=IwY2xjawJi35RleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHiiurnAuI3z16ygmaeOnvP-EeS2fN6b8Ky1AKudx9pXp8uJjlVMEHAOwO_a0_aem_Qw084wSEplgRGXgVS_zAXw

My latest woodworking project is a floor stand for our Ashford weaving loom. This project took about 8.2 bd-ft of 4/4 ash. It was mostly machine work on the band saw, table saw, jointer, planer, drill press, and sander. Finish was several coats of Watco Danish Oil ("Natural" color).

It's similar to the stand Ashford sells for their looms. It was fun refreshing my high school geometry and trigonometry to come up with the dimensions. Like the loom itself, the stand folds flat for transport or storage.

I just cut my weaving study project off the loom, so now I can get around to dyeing and then warping up Fibonacci Scarf projects for work.

I just need to decide some colours

This month I'm taking part in a WSD Online Guild workshop on Baltic and Saami patterned bands and am enjoying how nicely they weave up.
The patterns would show up better if I had chosen more contrasting colours, but I'm using up stash while I'm learning the technique.
These three were woven using five pattern threads, the next ones in the workshop use seven pattern threads.

Color Sequence: Crimson x3, SaddleBrown x3, NavajoWhite x2, MistyRose x2, Crimson x3, NavajoWhite x3, Crimson x3, MistyRose x2, NavajoWhite x2, SaddleBrown x3, Crimson x3