It is always fun to go behind the scenes and twice in the last few months I’ve been honored to do just that at Greenfield Village. Local weaving couple Chris and Richard Jeryan have been volunteering at the Village for the last several years. Richard retired from Ford (where he worked across the road...

Anne Field is a New Zealand-based fiber person who is known around the world, thanks to books she’s authored including The Ashford Book of Spinning, The Ashford Book of Four Shaft Weaving, and Spinning Wool Beyond the Basics. Coming in the spring are two new books, one for weavers called Collapse Weave and one for...

I can see why Madelyn decided to move her Weavers’ School from Missouri to Whidby Island – with views like this, who wouldn’t? Just off the tiny downtown of Coupeville we discovered the village wharf. It was home to a tiny museum-like display about whales, a fun gift shop and a cafe. Becca and I went one day...

Our Washington state adventure started last Friday at Pike’s Place Market in downtown Seattle. It was what I remembered best from the brief time I lived here nearly 30 years ago! Inside the market, I don’t think much has really changed. The atmosphere is the same. A bustle-ness, an odd sense of community what with...

Now, is that a smile of satisfaction or what??? After working on this project for two years, Becca threw her last shuttle today and cut it off the loom. “It” is a coverlet woven following the pattern in “Weaving a Traditional Coverlet” by Helen Jarvis. She used 10/2 and 20/2 mercized cotton as the ground...