by StaceyHB | Jun 12, 2010 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Weaving
What do jacquard cards and pigsties have in common? Well, nothing really, except that I’m writing about both in today’s blog!! Today we uncovered some history in our garden, and I found, by chance, a link to a blog showing jacquard cards used in an...
by StaceyHB | Jun 6, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
This weekend, I have been having a great time with a student called Zaf, who brought along her little Structo loom. She bought it from eBay and unfortunately it doesn’t have a reed or a batten, so she was a little disappointed that she couldn’t use it. ...
by StaceyHB | May 30, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
How are the above 3 topics linked? Well, the last two are easy to put together, but it would seem a bit of a stretch to join them to achievement! Firstly, the achievement. It’s been a dream of my son’s – a bucket dream (“what I’d like...
by StaceyHB | May 24, 2010 | Life
This year is a bumper year for family celebrations in my family. My father recently celebrated his 80th birthday, and he is a very young 80 – more like in his 60s, mentally! It’s wonderful to see him so enjoying his life and being really active in many...
by StaceyHB | May 11, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
Hunches and instinct are quite often dismissed by people as not important. If you are an emotional sort of person, and you believe in hunches and instincts, do you find, as I often do, that more left-brain types look down their noses at you, believing you to be in...
by StaceyHB | Apr 18, 2010 | Life, Weaving
Spring has an incredible effect on everything, doesn’t it? If you look around you, people are happier, more relaxed, smiling and laughing a lot more, and more willing to help each other. It also has us putting our house in order! I’ve been...
