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  • Bamboo Handkerchiefs

    Have you ever been in the middle of one project only to stop and begin another before finishing the first? A perennial problem for all crafters! And I am especially guilty. A few weeks ago, I was focused on making a blanket for my cousin’s new baby when an idea popped into my head for […]

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    August 7, 2022
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  • Tying a New Warp to an Old Warp in 7 Steps

    As I wrote in my last post about the Celebration Overshot Runner, after I finished the piece, I wanted to make more. Instead of taking the remaining warp off the loom and putting a new one on—which would require me to sley the reed again and thread 368 warp ends correctly through the heddles again—I […]

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    January 1, 2022
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  • Notes on a Celebration Overshot Runner

    When I first saw the Celebration Overshot Runner, I fell in love. This fall, I set out to find a project that I could make as a housewarming gift for family friends. Due to time constraints, I needed something that was a manageable size and was something that our friends could use in their new […]

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    December 22, 2021
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  • Modern Medallion Tea Towels

    At the start of the new year, I sat down to play with some ideas for a set of tea towels. Of the patterns I experimented with, I liked the above one best so I thought I’d share some quick instructions for it. In the future, I hope to write up a true pattern for […]

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    January 12, 2021
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  • Linen Bread Bag

    As a Christmas present for my sister-in-law, a baker extraordinaire, I decided to try Handwoven magazine’s free, 8-shaft linen bread bag pattern. Since I only have four shafts, I used this version, which worked beautifully. (There is also Angela Tong‘s gorgeous rigid heddle version available here.) I chose Bockens 16/2 linen (colors 0000 and 603) […]

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    January 1, 2021
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