Tag Archives: fiber arts

Dressing for . . .

Posted on 2013-01-05 by Philip Brewer

It was on my first trip to England that I came to understand that what we think of as formal wear, business attire, and sports clothing was originally designed to be the most comfortable possible clothing for the circumstances. The … Continue reading →

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Jackie’s Huck Weaving, with cat

Posted on 2012-05-06 by Philip Brewer

Jackie has an update about her latest project, in which she’s weaving something called Huck Lace. I mostly wanted to draw attention to the third picture, in which I captured Rapunzel “helping.” In this case, she’s helping by poking her … Continue reading →

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Hiking and Viking at Forest Glen

Posted on 2011-05-29 by Philip Brewer

Jackie and I went to the Forest Glen Preserve, a nature preserve in eastern Illinois, over near the Indiana border. We scouted the campgrounds, because the local Esperanto group is planning to some tendumado. We found two, although there’s at … Continue reading →

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Fingerless glove design

Posted on 2011-01-13 by Philip Brewer
My 2010 fingerless gloves

We keep our apartment cool, in the interest of minimizing our contributions to both resource depletion and global warming. Plus, Jackie likes to wear her woollies, which isn’t practical in a warm apartment. The only real downside is that, in … Continue reading →

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Jackie has a blog

Posted on 2010-12-31 by Philip Brewer

My lovely wife, textile artist Jackie Brewer, is now blogging at jackiebrewer.com. She starts with some musing about the importance of thinking about what you did get done in the past year before worrying about what you didn’t get done. … Continue reading →

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Knitted Slugs

Posted on 2010-11-03 by pb-flickr
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Slugs, originally uploaded by bradipo. A couple years back, Steven expressed an interest in a slug stuffy, seeing as how its his totemic animal and all. Jackie knitted him a slug for his birthday. (Here’s a picture of Steven admiring … Continue reading →

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