Blue and off white hand woven valance in Maine kitchen
Cobalt blue and off white valances These hand woven valances go with Blue Willow or Delft China Pictured here is a kitchen in classic Maine tradition
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Turquoise red yellow placemats on Etsy
You can find these hand woven placemats on Etsy this spring ! Lively colors will go with any decor I was inspired to use these colors when I visited our daughter in Austin Tx . The colors down there were so vivid ! You can find them in my shop on Etsy click on GO HERE to be taken to my shop
Andirons and kitchen shelf brackets custom ordered
Hi everyone! Well we maybe snowed in a lot but folks from Cushing just a few peninsulas up the coast north of here came by on a nice sunny day . They ordered shelf brackets custom made for their kitchen and a set if anirons for their fireplace.
Snowy day before St Patrick's day in weaving studio
Full of sunlight today and ready to thread the loom ! I have got my three layers of clothing on two pair of socks and of course my long Johns, Ha ! The yarn going on the loom is hand dyed merino two ply , it glows in the sunlight . Icy cold green blue color
Weaving over 100 years
A look at the weaving industry in England at the time when our country was young . The Weavers there wanted us here in America to trade goods , as a British colony . I know here in Maine there was plenty of white oak for ships masts and building of wooden boats. Anyway this video takes you through the stages of weaving into the industrial revolution . A good explanation from over the pond. Watch it . https://youtu.be/CHxnVNZAZXQ Industrial Revelation
Housekeeping for hand woven rugs
Floorsweeper keeps the hand woven rugs fresh and it is quieter than a vacuum cleaner ! Vacuum cleaners are harsh and rough on a hand woven rugs These little sweepers pick up lint and small bits easily My husband appreciates it first thing in the morning as I scurry around picking up from the day before activities . He is usually reading or writing or best yet doing a puzzle while he contemplates his next Iron project . If I want to light a fire under him and move him out to his shop ( ha,ha) I use the shop vac to clean with . The noise gets him outside quickly ? Motivational ? Maybe I do use it !