Thread & Wood

The telling of this story about weaving towels has been rather protracted. Sorry about that. We left the story when I had finished...

When we left the story of preparing to weave, the warp yarns had just been wound onto the loom. The next step in the process is to thread...

We continue with a tour of the process of weaving. When I am ready to actually weave a planned project there are a number of steps to...

Planning is a part of every weaving project. One must decide what the final product will be. What yarns and weave structure will give...

Most of us are careful with our sewing machines. We have dust covers for them. There are special totes for sewing machines. We take them...

I’ll tell you my story, then explain how to change the color blocking of a sewing pattern. A while ago I decided I needed a new dress,...

I have come at weaving inkles (strips of cloth) from weaving on a floor loom. When preparing a project for the floor loom I would pull...

This post is about how I developed the sewing pattern for reversible fabric gift bags. Math alert: this post uses math calculations. Some...

I have had a store on Etsy for a while now. Recently I received a custom request from a person on the other side of the country from me....

I've been having some health issues so I've been taking a break from the blog. It was just too much for right now. I'm still on...

I joined Facebook when I started my business. I did it for the interest groups, not because I'm particularly social. One interest group I joined was for weaving on an inkle loom. Some of the members posted photos of little people made from strips of inkle woven cloth. One of those posts referenced an article in the November/December 199 issue of “Handwoven” magazine. The author of that article, Karla Taylor, originated the idea of making the people. I decided to see if I had

Each time I travel I use a toiletry kit (AKA dopp kit). I have had several different kits over the years. I quickly got tired of the kind...