Life’s lessons at the loom
![When I changed my mind about a color](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/s-hooks_hanging_from_the_loom-250x168.jpg)
Tangled threads: Thoughts on failure
I sit down at the loom and settle in to untangle threads. I’d designed new towels, but, after weaving a ...
![Zinnia patch kitchen towels](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/bumberet-kitchen-towels-250x167.jpg)
Start somewhere
My desk is covered with a few weaving books, samples I wove in a workshop on color, graph paper and ...
![warp for rhododendron bouquet towels](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/rhododendron-bouquet-warp-250x167.jpg)
The sound before the sound
"Did you hear that?" I ask my friend Jody as we wind a warp onto her loom together. Jody stands ...
![warp for after the rain towels](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/after-the-rain-warp-250x167.jpg)
From irked to grateful
Sometimes weaving drives me crazy. I’m not talking about the many times threads have ended up in a tangled mess ...
![Letting Go kitchen towel in a basket with rolls](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/kitchen-towel-in-bread-basket-2.jpg)
Letting go
I have a project I want to weave: napkins to go with my Crisp Fall Day table runners. By “go ...
![drying a glass with a Sunset kitchen towel](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/drying-a-glass-250x375.jpg)
Surprised by orange
One Sunday after church, when I was a child, my family was invited to dinner at Rokeby, a guesthouse run ...
![Enjoying the journey](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/3-point-b-towels-467-250x331.jpg)
Enjoying the journey
When I sit at the loom and throw the shuttle back and forth, I have plenty of time to think ...
![Four towels from the Untitled 2 collection](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-2-kitchen-towels-250x166.jpg)
Making joy non-negotiable
I have a new towel design on the loom. I worked the design out on paper with the aid of ...
![row of bobbins](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/paigegreen-Marilyn42512-213-250x166.jpg)
Leaning into color
Weaving is pattern and color. Pattern is my comfort zone. I’m left-brained and enjoy logic, structure and order. Numbers, formulas and ...
Trust
I am weaving a new towel design and exploring variations. In this design, vertical ivory stripes alternate with twill stripes ...
Accepting rough edges
I have a new towel design on the loom and it isn’t weaving as smoothly as I would like. It’s ...
![paigegreen-Marilyn42512-002](https://www.whimsyandtea.com/wp-content/uploads/paigegreen-Marilyn42512-002-350x233.jpg)
Presence versus Patience
“You must have a lot of patience” is a comment I hear frequently at craft shows where I sell my towels ...
Unweaving
I am almost finished weaving a towel when I realize something is off. I'm not where I'm supposed to be ...