https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes daily 0.75 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1f5090c0-73d2-43db-923e-0b304d2c6caa/KW+Logo+Off+White.png https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/jodup7jedim3oot4wbu20jzip44iz5 monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/d1cf6ba8-f8ab-4501-804c-33cc967f906a/IMG_6603.jpg Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out In an example of habit stacking or bundling, I placed a small Turkish drop spindle beside my couch near my favorite window. Now, instead of doom scrolling on my phone over morning coffee, I listen to audiobooks while spinning early 20th century Austrian dowry flax into linen yarn. Curious? Check out Berta’s Flachs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/5baaa2af-e730-4b29-8c64-8192ecd9c6f4/IMG_6289+%282%29.jpg Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out All 58 x 80 inches of my tiny studio as seen from my bed. Sunlight spills through the third-floor window, glinting off the loom that waits folded beside it. A downtown main street sounds from below, while the river beyond gives way to the mountains. The view alone makes this little corner feel like an artist’s loft, though the space itself is closer to a well-organized cupboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/8e0d50d4-0896-450a-84db-457ac8dc7687/IMG_6290+%281%29.jpg Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out Rows of colorful thrifted wool yarns, thriving greenery, favorite tools, and my trusty Anker speaker make for an inviting space to reconnect with the creative habit. Framed art by Matt Sesow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/4e395688-688a-4bb9-8607-ec076eb08d16/IMG_5592+%281%29.jpg Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out Weaving a small square on a vintage Weave-It pin loom, late autumn 2024 in Williamsport, PA. (See my note below.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/51540850-aea0-4661-b706-7deba0852306/IMG_5600.jpg Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out Weave-It pin loom kit, thrifted for $3 in Lancaster, PA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/5778d2db-d4d3-44dd-9c1d-3e76962ce1cb/IMG_5626+%281%29.JPG Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out Handwoven core memory. Image: Konstantin Lanzet/Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/00de1780-9c18-47ee-af47-1b22b9dacf57/weaving+core+memory.jpg Selvage Notes - The Habit of Creating - Make it stand out ‘Hands weaving magnetic-core memory, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York,’ 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/goodbye-hello-repeat-on-reinvention monthly 0.5 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/ba88a95d-13a0-4125-af7a-ee610195b9b6/F6174997-E1BC-4652-9DBA-27F396C0B095.jpeg Selvage Notes - Goodbye, Hello, Repeat: On Reinvention - Make it stand out Keeping it real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/352affce-c4b8-4e59-bc05-6563bf07613d/FD7A4B94-A295-4E00-A3D1-17422470D22A.jpeg Selvage Notes - Goodbye, Hello, Repeat: On Reinvention - Make it stand out Some local trail to some local falls near sundown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/618ad44e-1d0d-457e-a8a6-a503f6655bdd/18D05EFC-2B12-4013-A9A0-E35811EB7633.jpeg Selvage Notes - Goodbye, Hello, Repeat: On Reinvention - Make it stand out 150+ year old barn looking every beautiful bit of its age. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/five-weaving-mythsand-why-theyre-not-true monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/5f0f1011-5ccc-4bf7-a0e2-e4004c270b22/colorful+paper.jpg Selvage Notes - Five Weaving Myths & Why They’re Not True - Make it stand out Image by Kristi Sneddon https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/bkco3epivo4b4i26y0g9nja25x8nzc monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/5ffa0b41-222c-443f-9a7a-b499094a8e23/IMG_3595.jpg Selvage Notes - In Good Company: Finding Community Through Fiber Arts - Make it stand out A pile of beautiful maple “loom bones” waiting to be reassembled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/2a6cabad-d5d4-48fc-9d9c-b70403e0fe58/IMG_3646.jpg Selvage Notes - In Good Company: Finding Community Through Fiber Arts - Make it stand out Braided warp of sport-weight wool, warped for handweaving.net pattern #33584 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/e7d874b8-da32-4880-a43b-1a9e985ca6e2/IMG_3968.jpg Selvage Notes - In Good Company: Finding Community Through Fiber Arts - Make it stand out Progress pic. Shirt by a talented dyer over at peace, love and happy dyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/7821a1a2-3e3c-44ee-aafb-5365f9220e4c/IMG_4080.jpg Selvage Notes - In Good Company: Finding Community Through Fiber Arts - Make it stand out Yards of my colorful handwoven wool cloth destined to be accent pillows, once I rehab my thrifted vintage sewing machine (hello, future blog post!) https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/weaving-computing-threads-that-changed-technology monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/736241ac-cf08-48fa-ae8b-7e0c0918d5dd/jacquard+loom.jpg Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out Model of a Jacquard loom with punch cards. Image: Science Museum Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/5d712845-7131-4e21-965a-526565e692bf/Babbage_Analytical_Engine_Plan_1840_CHM.agr.jpg Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out Plan diagram of Babbage’s Analytical Engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/353486ff-982d-4f3b-a19c-791f7ca2ad33/analytical+engine.jpg Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out 1871 experimental design of Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Image: Computer History Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1747938794683-71URF6DJQZA0N4KNTL90/image.jpg Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out IBM punched cards. One card contained the equivalent of a single line of code. Image: IBM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/8f747af8-1911-4c75-96fb-262eacf500c8/core-memory-weaving-14.jpg Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out Handwoven core memory. Image: Konstantin Lanzet/Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/516fa8a3-d288-4e55-b37d-6a7c244f78e8/weaving+core+memory Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out Raytheon technician weaving core rope memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/d9d2a695-955d-4de5-bc92-cc1fee888e38/Navajo+woman+at+telescope Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out Navajo woman working at microscope. Image: Computer History Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/cf9a4f24-3a1a-4552-b1a7-2172cbb698f5/MIT_3D-Knits-02-PRESS.jpg Selvage Notes - From Jacquard to GPUs: The Textile Origins of Computing - Make it stand out Pressure sensors are woven into plastic-yarn textiles called 3DKnITS. Image: Irmandy Wicaksono. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/a-dog-on-the-loom-the-art-of-letting-go monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/8aeb4f35-3520-4338-9059-8eee1897b6e6/IMG_5628.JPG Selvage Notes - A Dog on the Loom: The Art of Letting Go - Make it stand out My most recent dog, but neither my first nor my last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/0a48d8c3-838d-41c9-97c6-590193af690d/IMG_3666.jpg Selvage Notes - A Dog on the Loom: The Art of Letting Go - Make it stand out The joyful project that replaced the dog—destined to be a strap for my favorite leather bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/c9faa75d-eca1-43e6-971f-c865207d48cf/band+and+bag.jpg Selvage Notes - A Dog on the Loom: The Art of Letting Go - Make it stand out Finished handwoven crossbody strap, courtesy of letting the dog off the loom. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/the-radical-stitch monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/ce360a75-29c8-41d1-9f9a-ec5fd77ce3ff/OIP.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Chilean arpillera. Photo courtesy of molaa.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/b326d853-4968-4ef1-bf2a-8f45e5ae8f09/Figure-2-Hmong-fleeing-China-and-Crossing-the-Red-and-Black-Rivers-in-Vietnam.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Story cloth. View and learn more story cloths at garlandmag.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/7636716c-99f1-4925-9e46-35fc2a783146/Ghandi.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Ghandi and his Charkha wheel. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/6c7af26b-d347-410a-84ca-e0f0f14550ec/Aelfgyva-1-500x637.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/3ae0d5de-e5d3-488a-8aae-b3cc030aaab9/2018-Phat-hat-collective.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Source: The Pussyhat Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/fe4da255-aa09-48c3-ab59-3fda1064edd2/304898_2429178048794_5856574_n.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Blurry old picture of one of my first backstraps looms in action, this one a super-fancy dowel version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/c819508a-3f7a-445a-a3aa-8c4f62554f38/462625476_2998467416975042_2047713417876498668_n.jpg Selvage Notes - The Radical Stitch: Fiber Arts as Resistance - Make it stand out Learning to knit while on bed rest. Squeaks was my constant companion. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/the-power-of-whimsy monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/8d5932ed-447a-42d3-ba11-b900ac6d1c09/92505182_10157381681338111_8631446494592892928_n.jpg Selvage Notes - The Power of Whimsy: On Creating Just Because - Make it stand out Baby Yoda waiting patiently for his body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/ac05cf3d-0174-4939-9cd3-997d515b1820/codice-boturini-completo_0017.jpg Selvage Notes - The Power of Whimsy: On Creating Just Because - Make it stand out Page from the Códice Boturini, or Codex Boturini. You can view the full manuscript at archive.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/c7eedfd4-4ec5-4b76-bd13-00ab87b0875d/6a013488b5399e970c017c3252c481970b-500wi.png Selvage Notes - The Power of Whimsy: On Creating Just Because - Make it stand out Whimsical margin art from a medieval manuscript. Image source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/a2ffd5c2-507c-4a8e-b6e6-838f78b67697/97205554_1693292780825852_2658194012984311808_n.jpg Selvage Notes - The Power of Whimsy: On Creating Just Because - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/how-to-set-up-a-creative-space monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1243680d-12d7-48a5-910a-b5bb0593e70d/Apartment+Weaving+Studio.jpg Selvage Notes - How to Set Up a Creative Space for Fiber Arts (No Studio Required) - Make it stand out My former fiber arts “studio” setup in a small apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/e7abfb54-8d41-4be9-8cfa-01d416db0b68/37328029_1119323004889502_562790816293060608_n.jpg Selvage Notes - How to Set Up a Creative Space for Fiber Arts (No Studio Required) - Make it stand out A quiet corner with some natural light and a few shelves is as much a fiber arts studio as a dedicated room. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/why-fiber-arts-matter-now-more-than-ever-adk3e monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/35e32c5c-3283-447d-9cea-18279e1de53b/trockel_yvonnebaby-web.jpg Selvage Notes - Why Fiber Arts Matter Now More Than Ever - Make it stand out Still from Yvonne, 1997 by Rosemarie Trockel. Part of Fast Fashion / Slow Art, a global conversation among artists on the effects of fast fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/eae8c782-1ca0-431a-8eaf-1d5e2b19f520/57c069a780847736718ae56b_looms.jpg Selvage Notes - Why Fiber Arts Matter Now More Than Ever - Make it stand out Weaving as occupational therapy at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington D.C. during World War I. Photo courtesy of otcentennial.org. https://www.karriweaver.com/selvagenotes/what-weaving-taught-me-about-patience monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1745939678510-K0SPICQZWG8EX9DRDJFV/IMG_3285.jpg Selvage Notes - What Weaving Taught Me About Patience - Make it stand out Warp of cotton, silk and wool yarns wound on a warping board. Warped for a 10” wide summer scarf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/d39cb62e-7e72-4198-9755-7bb522ef1ba8/117597914_1778607025627760_394099461382327984_n.jpg Selvage Notes - What Weaving Taught Me About Patience - Make it stand out Homemade tensioned copper pipe loom, warped and ready to weave a small tapestry. https://www.karriweaver.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1745939883762-3BWADO4NU0E5OQN0WTET/92169663_1661810877307376_7240945661372268544_n.jpg Home Detail of a weaving on the loom with colorful basket full of tools on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1745941648859-79VT9S2FDH0FQBGP0FKR/370109202_2686016668220120_2235238731308094221_n.jpg Home Image of a straw cowboy hat featuring a handwoven hat band. Design is a stylized Texas coral snake on a pale blue background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1745938767902-AOJ7UK6CA2Y60M4BYNEI/80037757_1545707955584336_57229524391165952_n.jpg Home Closeup of a colorful and textured inkle band in progress on an inkle loom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1745938785198-XHTNUDMQLNCFQVXQ3LTB/111152361_1758183054336824_4440843591706342588_n.jpg Home Image from above of a weaving in progress featuring a linen warp below bundles of rainbow colored fiber to be woven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f53b2273fc0e4196426b1d/1746453975071-ZDMYZ6EL18K2FRYNJ2K0/308002340_2418230218332101_215340113530467130_n.jpg Home Closeup image of a weaving in progress with off-white yarns. 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