I am very please to say that this year we raised $1288 via the Fiber Art Show, which brings the total amount contributed to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in our 3 years to just over $4,000. A really nice amount for a little event like ours. The next Art Show will be...

What a weekend we had. Becca and I spent the weekend learning about weaving on Jacquard looms. If you aren’t familiar with this type of loom, they are considered the earliest computer (c. 1801) and are commonly used to weave images and complex patterns. They wove many of the old coverlets – those with eagles...

  Earlier this month Jason Collingwood, a well-known UK rug weaver was a guest instructor at Heritage. The following is written by Sammie, who was lucky enough to take the class (me, I was back at the shop teaching and working – I have to leave town to get my education, which happens this weekend in...

I recently reviewed Kati Meek’s new book, Warp With a Trapeze and Dance with Your Loom using Live-Weight-Tensioned Warps, for Spin-Off magazine (for the spring 2007 issue, I believe). It inspired me. I put a warp on the loom over the weekend and gave the trapeze a try. Lucky for me, I didn’t have to build...

During the holidays it seems the pace is always a bit brisker outside, but people still come in the front doors to get their fiber fix. It’s satisfying to watch people de-stress. We can visibly see kinks and stress ease as shoulders fall to a normal level, faces seem more relaxed and demeanors change from...