The Wonder of Weaving

Weaving instills this incredible sense of wonder in me.  Part of it is the creation of something useful and/or beautiful out of simple thread.  Part of it is the huge variety that weaving engenders. Yet another part is the connection between peoples from all ages,...

The Power of the Subconscious Mind

We all know that the subconscious is a powerful thing.  Something I experienced today, and many times in the past, shows just how much it works in everyday things.  I’m doing sample weaving at the moment, with lots of plain weaving and overshot picks.  I have a...

Marks of Passage

This is the time of year for the local farmers to wait for a couple of days of fine weather to dry the grass crop and then cut and turn and collect for hay.  We’ve just had a few days of glorious weather which has led to them working flat out to get the hay in before...

What a Difference a Day Makes

We’ve just fetched my son home from university, and have been trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot – successfully, I might add – and it got me to thinking about life changes and how things can pootle along for a long time without anything happening, and then...

Seeing Things with Fresh Eyes

Several things have conspired towards today’s blog topic, the way life sometimes does.  Firstly we had a summer barbeque which forced me to look at our house and garden through another’s eyes – actually around 35 others’ eyes – and has prompted a makeover of the...