by StaceyW | Jul 7, 2010 | Life
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...
by StaceyW | Jul 4, 2010 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
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...
by StaceyW | Jun 20, 2010 | Life, Philosophy
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...
by StaceyW | Jun 12, 2010 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Weaving
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...
by StaceyW | Jun 6, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, 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. ...
by StaceyW | May 30, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
How are the above 3 topics linked? Well, the last two are easy to put together, but it would seem a bit of a stretch to join them to achievement! Firstly, the achievement. It’s been a dream of my son’s – a bucket dream (“what I’d like...
