When I’m driving, I pay attention to street names. I get curious about who named them and what they reveal about the town’s history. For example, there’s an Apple Blossom Lane in Sebastopol, CA, home of the Gravenstein apple. In Paisley, Scotland, where there was a thriving textile industry in the 19th century, there are […]
The story of a towel
Some time ago I wove a few towels with five wide ivory stripes and six narrow spruce ones. I chose a very simple design and weave structure because I wanted to try out a new technique — inlay — where a supplementary weft thread is laid into sections of the fabric. When I showed a […]
