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Life’s lessons at the loom

When I changed my mind about a color

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 ...
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Zinnia patch kitchen towels

Start somewhere

My desk is covered with a few weaving books, samples I wove in a workshop on color, graph paper and ...
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warp for rhododendron bouquet towels

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 ...
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warp for after the rain towels

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 ...
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Letting Go kitchen towel in a basket with rolls

Letting go

I have a project I want to weave: napkins to go with my Crisp Fall Day table runners. By “go ...
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drying a glass with a Sunset kitchen towel

Surprised by orange

One Sunday after church, when I was a child, my family was invited to dinner at Rokeby, a guesthouse run ...
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Enjoying the journey

Enjoying the journey

When I sit at the loom and throw the shuttle back and forth, I have plenty of time to think ...
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Four towels from the Untitled 2 collection

Making joy non-negotiable

I have a new towel design on the loom. I worked the design out on paper with the aid of ...
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row of bobbins

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 ...
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Trust

I am weaving a new towel design and exploring variations. In this design, vertical ivory stripes alternate with twill stripes ...
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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 ...
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Presence versus Patience

“You must have a lot of patience” is a comment I hear frequently at craft shows where I sell my towels ...
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Unweaving

I am almost finished weaving a towel when I realize something is off. I'm not where I'm supposed to be ...
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT MARILYN
    ▼
    • Meet Marilyn
    • In the media
    • Environmental stewardship
  • HANDWOVEN GOODS
    ▼
    • Kitchen towels
    • Table napkins
    • About colorgrown cotton
    • Laundering
    • A word about color
    • My guarantee
  • EVENTS
  • BLOG
    ▼
    • Making cloth
    • Thoughts on beauty
    • Life’s lessons at the loom
    • More than a dog walk
    • Customer stories
    • Recent posts
  • CONTACT
  • ONLINE STORE