Wovenflame

I spent a considerable portion of my day getting these chubby cops ready for tomorrow. For tomorrow I'm borrowing a kind guild ...

In a more colourful nod to the " Magnolia Pearl " style I took a thrifted natural cotton canvas curtain and sewed up a pair of ove...

I found an excellent tutorial for upcycling pillowcases into great shopping bags. Keeping that in mind I waited and took a trip to Value Vil...

I'm so pleased with the little skein of 2 ply natural brown cotton! It spun up beautifully! I have a whole pound of it to work with...

Though I remain committed to spinning up all of the pound of white Acala cotton before moving on to other cotton preps, a whole pound of bea...

I entered 8 exhibits in the 2019 Chilliwack Exhibition and managed to win 9 ribbons! 7 firsts, a second, and a Best in Show. Firsts f...

If you've ever seen the cramped quarters and unhealthy water conditions of bettas waiting for adoption in some pet store...

I was thinking today that it would be nice to have somewhere on my wheel where I could store my scissors and spinning wheel lubricant. Next ...

I finally got around to making replacement hanging towels for my kitchen. The ones I made in 2016 are headed for the rag bag, well...

Another handy little tool made by my resident handyman. This time a small niddy noddy for winding the shorter skeins that come off the chark...

Look at the great charkha spindle Lazy Kate my husband came up with for me. It works great! The weight of the spindles standing upright agai...

Such a funny yet fun name for a shuttle, The Khadi Khanoo . What a gorgeous shuttle this is in the African Bubinga wood. It's spe...

My first skein of handspun cotton. I'm so pleased with the way it turned out. I filled 3 spindles on the charkha (about .25 oz e...

You may recall me introducing Bella a month ago. She's coloured up a lot since then! And she's still such an incredibly ac...

The Mahatma Centennial Charkha  I ordered from New World Textiles has arrived. Let the play begin! Spinning cotton on the charkha is...

Out on a walk by the Blue Heron Reserve my granddaughter discovered this beauty while looking for a handful of the first ripe blackberr...

I entered 3 hand woven items in the exhibit at the ANWG (Association of Northwest Weaver's Guilds) Convergence 2019 held last month in ...

I finished this little set up just before I left for ANWG but I was reluctant to blog about it until the gift was opened by the recipient...

This active little girl is "Bella". I found her today at PetsMart. I went out specifically looking for a light coloured betta (eas...

Five days a week I enjoy walking with my buddies. Always the fur-girl on the left. Often the handsome fellow on the right too. We...