tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post4299071992140028797..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: Forever NewbieMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-9410580245723463422008-05-29T18:02:00.000+12:002008-05-29T18:02:00.000+12:00Oh, me, too, Kaz, I love jacquard cloth, but I don...Oh, me, too, Kaz, I love jacquard cloth, but I don't think I'll ever comprehend the workings of a jacquard loom.... But I do love everything about weaving, and in that, I feel like an absolute newbie. <BR/><BR/>My mom things the number of warps you weave has something to do with the level - she thinks about 500 warps ought to get you out of the beginner stage. <BR/><BR/>Oh, warp painting, just for me? Thanks!! And if I may, please, please, more of your drawings and sketches, too, please!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-58229544410785282692008-05-29T16:26:00.000+12:002008-05-29T16:26:00.000+12:00Thanks for this post Meg. I guess I attach the mea...Thanks for this post Meg. I guess I attach the meaning of beginner more to length of time weaving rather than skill or knowledge level. There are so so many ways of weaving and then there's the connected skills of dyeing, spinning, braiding, finishing etc etc. I can never refer to myself as an advanced weaver although I'm attracted to weaving that is called advanced such as jacquard perhaps.<BR/>I just love everything to do with weaving and am delighted when I discover something new - just like a beginner!<BR/>I will have some entries on warp painting again on my blog in the near future for your interest<BR/>Thanks again - KazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-57055778989370290072008-05-29T09:05:00.000+12:002008-05-29T09:05:00.000+12:00Gee, Peg, that's a totally different way to lookin...Gee, Peg, that's a totally different way to looking at it. I must try that perspective.<BR/><BR/>Jane, isn't it nice to be in a art/craft where you can't possibly learn everything there is to know about it? But then if take anything seriously, I think there is no art/craft, or most thing in life, where you can know everything there is to know. The more I weave, though, the more I find out what I don't know, and I'm thrilled about it.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-77161329750445537132008-05-29T01:59:00.000+12:002008-05-29T01:59:00.000+12:00Really good post, Meg. For me, weaving is a lifelo...Really good post, Meg. For me, weaving is a lifelong learning process. From the time I threw my first shuttle (late 70s) I was enthralled and enchanted. Also self taught, living in WY which is the outback of the U.S. :) So I did somethings really well and others I have since learned to do in a more efficient way. <BR/><BR/>I truly think that every weaver is a lifelong learner, and even the master weavers that I know and love, are always learning something new to them, and asking others for input and guidance. <BR/><BR/>Live and leaern, indeed :)<BR/><BR/>Weave on!<BR/>JaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-5560472157115766842008-05-29T00:43:00.000+12:002008-05-29T00:43:00.000+12:00Meg, but it is relative. But that is not the issu...Meg, but it is relative. But that is not the issue for you. If you remove yourself, in your own mind, from your status as a beginner, you will expect more from yourself. That is frightening but once you've moved, it is also freeing. Leave the safe place! Take a leap!Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-51568763092159460562008-05-28T14:40:00.000+12:002008-05-28T14:40:00.000+12:00Another interpretation, Peg, is this could be a wa...Another interpretation, Peg, is this could be a way to keep myself grounded, to stay at Point 0 on both the X and Y axis, like the cage of a homing pigeon. OK, now I'm waffling. <BR/><BR/>All I know is with every piece, I know a post-beginner should do better. That could be it.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-27705578135819739402008-05-28T14:35:00.000+12:002008-05-28T14:35:00.000+12:00For me, Peg, this is not a relative measure, e.g. ...For me, Peg, this is not a relative measure, e.g. in comparison to other weavers, but more an assessment of my competence as I see it. I think I'm too pragmatic to fear much.<BR/><BR/>I feel with almost every warp, that this warp can only be better than the last, and to that end I see myself as a beginner. <BR/><BR/>I know it doesn't matter where one thinks one is on the scale, as long as we keep weaving pieces that pleases, first and foremost, ourselves, but this <I>is</I> something I think about often. <BR/><BR/>I'm still meddling with the heddles this afternoon...Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-33150383151788218922008-05-28T12:42:00.000+12:002008-05-28T12:42:00.000+12:00I kind of crept from beginner to "advanced beginne...I kind of crept from beginner to "advanced beginner." Then, with great difficulty I accounted myself an intermediate weaver. That was a really difficult step and a bunch of us were in that ready-to-jump but scared mode. Now I just account myself a weaver. I was a member of a large guild for six years. Aside from a few years on a rigid heddle back when the world was young, that was where I got started weaving. I think being a member of a large guild makes it easier to assess who you are as a weaver.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.com