Textiles
JOS Spinning Wheel
I was gifted an antique spinning wheel today. It was a family heirloom from the 1800s, and the giver was a woman in her seventies who wanted the wheel to go to someone who would use it. Thanks to some Read more…
Textiles
A (Partial) List of LGBTQ+ Weavers
The other day I asked the Handweavers Guild of America on Facebook about queer/trans weavers they’ve had on their weekly Textiles and Tea program (broadcast live on Facebook every Tuesday at 4pm ET, then uploaded to their YouTube channel the Read more…
History
Medieval Frustrations
I’m tangentially involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), which does medieval stuff (through 1600AD). I want to get into Arts & Sciences (ArtSci) competitions, where people make things the way they would have been made back in Ye Read more…
Textiles
Buying a Warp-Weighted Loom
UPDATE: You can now buy my modified version on Etsy HERE. A few months ago I decided I wanted a warp-weighted loom (abbreviated WWL for the rest of this piece). I have no carpentry skills, though, so I wanted to Read more…
History
Enslaved Weavers: A History Talk
I was asked a couple of weeks ago to give a short talk at the Cotton Club Museum as part of a demo the Gainesville Handweavers Guild did on Florida Emancipation Day (May 20th). I donated a copy of the Read more…
History
The Saintly Scoundrel
The medical history podcast Sawbones, which I’ve been listening to for like a decade now, recently had an episode about when tomatoes were the trendy superfood (back in the mid-1800s). Before then, tomatoes were thought to be poisonous. The man Read more…
History
A Brief History of Weaving
I gave a talk to my local handweavers’ guild a couple of days ago. Some people couldn’t attend, and some online friends wanted to see it. There’s no video, but I’ll share my notes and slides here. The History of Read more…
History
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady
A friend of mine recommended a book to me by an author I’d never heard of: Florence King. My friend said King’s memoir, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady, was one of the funniest things she’d ever read, and every Read more…
Stationery
Wondermark said it best…
I used to be like this with planners. Thankfully I’ve gotten much better about how to plan. But this comic remains brilliant.
Psychology
Essentialism and Goal-Setting
For years now, my health hasn’t really allowed me to plan ahead. Why set goals when I’d have a health setback for six weeks or so that would stop my progress? Thanks to finally getting on the right medications, I’m Read more…