TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Author: textillian

  • Why

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    Reference Well, here it is, the why and the how of entering your local county and state fairs? I am going to try to keep this as general as possible, not focusing on any craft or art in particular. Most fairs have a category for anything you can think of, so finding a place for…

  • Here Comes the Judge

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    Reference Yesterday was a very interesting day for me. Why? Because yesterday, I was one of the two judges for the weaving and spinning home arts competition at the Maryland State Fair. It was a good time, getting to go over everyone’s entries with a fine tooth comb. Of course, doing that made it a…

  • Don’t Stop

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    Reference This post was originally supposed to be about the actual action of weaving. (The part that everyone sees when weaving is being demostrated somewhere.) But I got a little carried away.

  • (Sley) Ride

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    Reference OK.  A few notes before I go forward with this entry: I have changed warps on you. I am using yarn that I spun a couple years ago for the project you are about to see. I didn’t want anyone thinking that weaving had the magical power to turn fingering weight purple silk into worsted weight handspun blue/green/purple…

  • Begin the Beguine

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    Reference I joined up with the O-Loom-Pic Weave-along on Ravelry; so in doing the projects for it, I thought it would be a good opportunity for giving the uninitiated some insight into the weaving process. This post covers the project planning and winding the warp.

  • No 1/2 Stepping

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    Reference I was pretty darn nervous this morning. I was teaching my first Basic Step class at our new (to Mr. Penney and I) gym. There were two things that were causing the nervous: Unlike cycling, I hadn’t taught a step class in two years, since we moved to Ellicott City. It got to the…

  • Sand on My Feet

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    Reference Well, we are back from our vacation. Again, we went to Rehoboth Beach, DE. We had a great time. We got to catch some sun each day, and have plenty of stories to tell, though I am not sure if I will be writing them up here. (Hint: If I title an entry with…

  • Virtual Insanity

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    Reference While this entry could be about how things are going right now (I have a few too many balls in the air at the moment,) this is actually about something I do to make sure my socks are the same size when knitting. Some of the women from the knitting group were curious about…

  • Waiting Game

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    Reference Well, I am sitting here right now, waiting for the air conditioning repairman to call me to let me know when he will be here. Fortunately, today is not supposed to be a scorcher; but I have never been a fan of these unscheduled times off work. I don’t have a lot of vacation…

  • A Little Respect

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    Reference “I don’t know why they are doing it that way. That is just so messed up. That’s just gay.” That statement may seem innocuous to some people, but it bothers me, especially when I have to hear it repeatedly. The statement says the “gay” is synonymous with screwed up, wrong, and bad. Remember when gay…