I have a new towel design on the loom. I worked the design out on paper with the aid of my weaving software and did all the calculations. I chose a color combination I know I like, and spent a focused day getting the warp on the loom. As I weave a sample, checking for […]
Pausing for afternoon tea
I Feel the Earth kitchen towels It’s 3:33 pm at my boarding school in the foothills of the Himalayas. The buzzer sounds, signaling the end of the school day and teatime. A time to exhale. A time to pause and regroup. A time to connect with friends and family. So different from lunch with the […]
Equation for contentment
Sunshine on my Shoulders kitchen towel Sun shining directly into my studio, filling the space with warm, inviting light layered with … Weaving, and specifically weaving at the loom by the window with the sun on my shoulders and not minding that it’s 12° outside and the yard is covered with more than a foot […]
Whimsy-grams on retreat
Happy 2015! Every week I try to declare one day a Weave-to-my-Heart’s-Content Day. On these days I give myself permission to let go of the to do list and sink into the joy of weaving. It’s a day with no commitments, no need to leave the house other than to walk Codi. The only thing […]
Ways to use a kitchen towel
My senior year in college my uncle came for a visit. After I cooked us a vegetarian dinner in my basement apartment, he kindly offered to wash the dishes. I watched in horror as he piled the dishes into the sink and filled it with hot, soapy water. This was not what my Home Ec […]
