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What I Did On My Summer Vacation

November 16, 2011 Robbie LaFleur Uncategorized Leave a comment

My friend Veronna sent me this photo. I’m under the loom, tying up the pedals for a skilbragd weaving, during the Vesterheim Textile Tour.

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If the State Department survives the current administration, I nominate 5 and 6-year-olds Cora and Alden for diplomats in training. When their playing near the edge of hysterical fun breaks down, they are skilled at negotiating a solution (which we attribute mostly to the expert training of Daniel Tiger and their mothers). "How about if we have five minutes of private time? OK! Cora tells Alden, "Excuse me? Every time I sing you sing louder." Alden suggests, "How about if I sing downstairs and you sing upstairs?" Done! Lucy suggested a written apology when feelings were hurt, and it turned into a series of lovely notes to each other. They tried for two nights to sleep in the same room...maybe next year. A highlight of the Maine weekend was seeing lifeguards at the beach examining a dead, almost furless washed-up seal. Then on the walk we saw a dead crab. "It's the day of dead!" Cora exclaimed.

No weaving during this week with Cora, but she did request a quilt for her bear. After we read about Louise Bourgeois, she whispered, “Could we have a spider on the back?” At the studio she wound a ball of yarn way down the hall and up the stairs—and then left it looped on the door handle.

I am so pleased that “Missiles, 2017” was accepted into the 2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. (Really, I want to add an exclamation point.) Say hello to it when you visit the Fair. #danskbrogd #weaving #weavingmn #handwoven #minnesotastatefair #scandinavianweaving #robbielafleur

Swipe for the sad moose weaving story. After weaving a wide border of krokbragd bands, I began to weave a moose in pick-up danskbrogd. I charted out a design on graph paper, and had tested the paper-versus-warps sett in a previous piece. Carefully I counted as I wove the legs. I marked a red line on the pattern as I progressed. When I got to the body I realized everything was out of whack. $??!!!$!! I cut out the moose outline, altered it a bit, put it on the weaving to determine how many inches to unweave, unwove three hours of weaving, and then marked the outline right on the warp threads—what I should have done to start. #weavingmn #weaving #handweaving #krokbragd #danskbrogd #handwoven

Finishing the gems of a small rug in shaft-switching technique. Up at the farm in Bygland (northern Minnesota). Swipe for a still view. #handwoven #handwoven #weaving #bygland

This finished tapestry, still on the pipe loom, is based on my granddaughter’s drawing. swipe to see, and read more at robbielafleur.com. #fiberarts #fiberartist #handmade #madebyhand #woven #woventapestry #tapestryweaving #tapestry #weaving #handwoven

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