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Not too hot to weave ... 30 Jun 2012 | 06:47 am
Arletta making rag placemats With the Studio and Garden Tour 2012 now behind us and a hot, dry summer settling in, things are getting back to normal at the weaving studio. This week, Chris has three...
Big doin's at the weaving studio 21 Jun 2012 | 12:06 pm
With just two days left before the 14th annual Brown County Studio and Garden Tour, last-minute preparations are under way. This year's tour features nine working studios and 23 artists. Again this ...
So nice to be able to help ... 1 Aug 2011 | 03:23 pm
So, I had an email from a woman in Michigan last month with an unusual story. She had a friend who was going to move last fall and had a yard sale where she sold a Cranbrook loom. When she finished pa...
Untitled 22 Jul 2011 | 01:26 am
With temperatures hovering above 90 degrees and the humidity feeling about the same, Chris has decided it's a good time to clean out the studio's back storeroom. All sorts of lost treasures have been...
After the tour 5 Jul 2011 | 08:56 am
We're recovering from the 2011 Studio and Garden Tour, which was last weekend, and we enjoyed visiting with about 200 people who came to the studio over the three-day event and during the week since t...
Too busy to blog? 23 Jun 2011 | 05:10 am
It's been months, faithful followers, and we apologize. Did I say "we"? Yes! I (Chris) now have a RETIRED husband and he has jumped in to help with the studio. I'm thrilled. He's also agreed (since h...
Out from under the blankets! 9 Feb 2011 | 12:02 pm
Are you sick of snow/ice/winter pictures yet??? The dreaded baby blanket warp is finished. The shawl above is my favorite piece off the warp. These two are adult-length shawls ... peach is cottolin ...
Lament of a production weaver ... 5 Feb 2011 | 03:59 am
The trouble with being a production weaver is, well, sometimes you get tired of some of the projects. I'm there right now. I haven't made baby blankets in years and, after getting some requests, put o...
Cairns and giving thanks 31 Jan 2011 | 03:10 pm
Cairns Two years ago, we had to pull a tree down because it was leaning and almost fell on the studio. My husband worked on cutting the base and then put a tow strap around it so we could pull it dow...
A brief breath of spring 30 Jan 2011 | 05:06 pm
It was a nice winter day. Some sunshine, warmer temperatures ... enough to thaw some more snow. I had projects at the studio, and one of them was on the porch. Since I weave A LOT of rugs, I try to ke...
