On the first weekend of every December, historian and weaver Rabbit Goody holds an open house at her workshop, Thistle Hill Weavers. I dropped in this morning, and had a wonderful time! I took pictures, too. Rabbit remembered me, much to my delight. The first thing she said to me Read more
On Saturday, Nov. 1st, I went to the Northeast Handspinners Association‘s yearly event. (They do an Open House on odd years, and a weekend-long event on even years.) The group changes venue every year, as they comprise spinners from New England and New York state. This year it was in Read more
A friend with lymphedema got me to make her some woven leg wraps. They’ve worked out so well for her that she’s convinced me to take commissions for other people who might get some relief from them. I normally wouldn’t advertise my paid work on this blog, but my friend Read more
I feel like I’ve written parts of this before, but I can’t find it. So here you go. Again. It started in the early 1980s. When I was about six, I discovered the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’ve mentioned this a few times. To quote a previous Read more
I haven’t written a blog post or updated my site in six months. Depression took over in November and didn’t leave until the last few weeks. Winter is always rough, but it seemed worse than usual this year. Maybe because of all the political stuff going on… I can’t use Read more
I haven’t spun since February, thanks to a bad case of tendonitis in my right thumb. So I’m giving it a break. Instead I’ve been working on other things, mainly a huge cross-stitch project. It’s The Pointed Fifth from Long Dog Samplers. Here’s what it should look like finished: There’s Read more
The Cotton Club Museum invited the Gainesville Handweavers Guild back for this year’s Florida Emancipation Day (May 20th) celebration. It was held on May 18th this year, because that was the closest Saturday. Originally I thought I’d be giving a short lecture, like I did last year. That one was Read more
I was, thanks to some weaver friends, able to attend part of the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild‘s annual conference this year. It ran from March 14th to the 27th (Thursday through Sunday). I was there for the first two days and checked out the morning of the third day. (I Read more
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 week after). They were kind enough to reply with a Read more
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 Olden Times. You document each step of the process, saying Read more