Following a line seems to be my favorite thing to do. Whether it is a line in my sketchbook pages... ...or spinning lines from wool... ...or weaving between the lines... ...my fascination grows as I go. More on all of these things coming soon! Just didn’t want you to think my love of yarn had … Continue reading All Things String
Category: Weaving
A Warp Obsession
Whether I like it or not, life has a set-in-stone structure to it. We must sleep, eat, get dressed, keep our homes relatively clean, work, keep up the cars and yards, spend time with family and friends, care for one another and perhaps numerous other things depending on your particular needs and lifestyle. I am … Continue reading A Warp Obsession
Notice & Observe
Here we are...again...at the starting gate of a New Year! All the hopes and fears of all the years (or at least those of 2018) seem to gather together in a clump as we look ahead, hoping the New Year brings less difficulty than the one before, and fearing that it might not. The temptation … Continue reading Notice & Observe
Not Much & Everything
I'm popping in to say...well...not much. I just want to post. To touch base here on my blog, to any and all who might be visiting. To say life is grand when making things is heading in directions you love. To say that even when life isn't so grand, making things makes it more tolerable, … Continue reading Not Much & Everything
‘Round the World & Going Again
When I was a young girl, my dad had a sing-song chant he would say every now and then: Jennifer, Jennifer my girlfriend... 'Round the world and goin' again! I loved this little ditty and I looked forward to actually traveling around the world someday. Though I have not traveled nearly as much as I … Continue reading ‘Round the World & Going Again
The Summer of Weaving
There once was a girl named Jenny Whose interests were varied and many... Crochet and knitting Stitching and spinning Drawing and painting aplenty. *** To choose only one of them filled her with gloom. There must be a way to give all of them room. So lines and colors Fibers and textures She wove all … Continue reading The Summer of Weaving
The Gift of Weaving
Over the years of drawing & painting, knitting & crocheting, I have found insight and wisdom for daily living in and through the process of these endeavors. Much like trail markers, they offer direction and assurance for whatever I'm needing at the time, and they guide me in my personal life. Weaving is no exception. … Continue reading The Gift of Weaving
Weaving Gratitude
“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.” ― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy It seems necessary and good to stop for a moment here in the middle of the #100Day Project and look around me, take stock, and share … Continue reading Weaving Gratitude
Connections
I am realizing a connection between my current mark-making sketches and the weavings I'm enjoying lately. The scarf that recently came off the loom holds threads of all kinds - thick ones, thin ones, novelty yarns, handspun wool, cotton, and so many colors. They are woven across a variegated warp in undulating waves, circles, stripes … Continue reading Connections
Spinning My Wheels
I sit at a wheel running hither and yon over miles of asphalt ribbon Some so worn and shredded with potholes my car can scarcely bear the beating. *** Mile after mile, driving me from word to endless words.. I can hardly think, let alone tap into any source of light, joy, meaning. I sit … Continue reading Spinning My Wheels