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Saturday, April 4, 2026

What Is a Skeleton Tieup? (Fair Warning: This Post Involves Math)

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What is a skeleton tieup? I think of it as connecting two (or sometimes even three) bones, as in a real skeleton, to achieve one function --...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

How to 'Downsize' a 14-Shaft Pattern for 8 Shafts... and even 4 Shafts

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Let's start with just one draft, because -- while these principles can apply to many designs -- I recently had to downsize a point-twill...
Monday, February 2, 2026

How to Paint One Warp and Get Two Colors

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 Last month's blog post promoted a workshop I'm teaching in April in Bucks County, PA, on how to weave a "Harriet Tubman Shawl....
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Thursday, January 1, 2026

Interested in an Upcoming Workshop in Bucks County, PA?

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This shawl, pictured above, is a tribute to Harriet Tubman, who guided some 70 slaves to freedom, through wilderness in the dark of night, c...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Making Plans...

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The image above is part of a drawdown of a design I call "Azteca," which refers to the indigenous people who founded the Aztec emp...
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

Creating an Optical Illusion in Block Double Weave

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Please note that, unbeknownst to me as I worked on weaving this image, it is, in fact, an ancient, sacred pattern from the Itneg people of t...
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