Philosophy and children
As you might know, I subscribe to a great magazine on philosophy for people who aren't necessarily philosophers but who like to ponder on some of life's more interesting questions!! This quarter's edition of The Philosopers' Magazine has a number of interesting...
Combining different setts to get different effects
Last week we looked at warp repp - setting the warp yarns so close together that the weft cannot be seen - and I talked about warp and weft emphasis, mentioning that not only can warp repp be effective for rugs, but so can the other extreme, where the warp is spaced...
Intelligence
Conversations about intelligence seem to have popped up all over the place this week.... How many different sorts of intelligence are there? So far this week, here are what's come up in conversation.... There's the obvious academic intelligence which seems to be all...
Texture in Plain Weave – Warp Repp
Last week we looked at introducing textural elements into your plain weave to give instant changes. This week, we are looking at a technique called Warp Repp. This is a fabric where the warp yarns are so closely sett to each other that the weft yarn cannot be seen. ...
Texture in Weaving – Starting Simple
Texture in Plain Weave - Starting Simple As promised last week, here is the first post on how to introduce texture into your weaving. This is especially for people with simple looms, rigid heddle, 2 or 4 shafts. I’m not going to go into tapestry here as there are...
The Present is a gift
I read this little gem in a blog this week. It was a throw-away comment on a business blog, but one that struck a chord with me. The translation all depends on whether you start the sentence with an indefinite article or a definite one. (I'll bet that just took you...
Regular woven texture blog by request
In some of my posts, I have lightly touched on some of the weaving research into texture that I have been focussing on in the past 2 years, and which are the subject of some of the lectures that I am giving at the Complex Weavers' Seminars and also at HGA's...
Jacquard cards and pigsties
What do jacquard cards and pigsties have in common? Well, nothing really, except that I'm writing about both in today's blog!! Today we uncovered some history in our garden, and I found, by chance, a link to a blog showing jacquard cards used in an architectural...
Structo looms and miniature weaving
This weekend, I have been having a great time with a student called Zaf, who brought along her little Structo loom. She bought it from eBay and unfortunately it doesn't have a reed or a batten, so she was a little disappointed that she couldn't use it. However, she...