Here’s what I was doing for 5 days last week:
A weaving workshop with Judith MacKenzie McCuin and 10 other lucky souls. This was my second year and I was pleased to find how much I have learned in the past year and how much better I was able to absorb new information. That’s my little portable “Baby Mac” out in the middle of the floor with the sunshine falling on it (Macomber model CP, 20″ weaving width and 8 harnesses). I chose a 4-color shadow weave project this year, and there were plenty of challenges and mistakes along the way – we call these “learning opportunities”!
The format is quite open. Everyone does their own thing and gets Judith’s help with whatever that is. So we can all learn from each other’s challenges and mistakes… er, learning opportunities.
Along the way, we learned a neat way to wind a warp from novelty and leftover yarns, Judith gave us a lecture on “Towel 101” (bath towels, not kitchen towels), and she always has some dye pots going in the back yard, so people were out there dyeing warps and whatever else came to hand. Lots of fun!
Yes, it would have been nice to have more than a week between this and the conference in Spokane. But there was no way I was going to miss this one… no way!
Lisa's waffle weave towels in natural colored cotton
Batsy's double-sided rug for her new kitchen
Robin's color-and-weave towels
Linda's "Hempathy" (hemp-blend) towels
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