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Backstrap Weaving – Finding Joy
Here’s just a quick hello and update (as I’m typing with one finger of my left hand)… I’m still in transition mode living on the mid-north coast with my brother and sister-in-law (and loving it!) while working on rehabilitating my hand. I did end up having a second surgery because it was all pretty messed…
Backstrap Weaving – Therapy
Long time no see. A lot has been happening but at the same time not a lot has been happening. In the “a lot has been happening” category I’ve undergone a dramatic change of scene: It’s certainly dramatic for someone who has been living in a landlocked country for the last twenty-seven years. The following…
Backstrap Weaving – Accidents
Regular readers of my blog may recall mentions now and then of the fact that I literally fell into weaving after taking a fall while out mountain biking in Colorado. That incident back in 1995, which left me on crutches for six weeks in a Colorado youth hostel, started a chain of events that created…
Backstrap Weaving – Garabatá!
Heads-up: Much of this post is dedicated to the Ayoreo looped stitching that I’ve been studying with my teacher here but yes, there’s also a bit of backstrap loom weaving thrown in here and there. I’ve been back in Santa Cruz for a while now after my trip to see my highland teachers. I got…
Backstrap Weaving 