There are prize-winning potatoes at the Minnesota State Fair each year, but generally not in the Creative Activities Building. This year, mine are. There’s nothing
Author: Robbie LaFleur
Weaving in Minnesota, when I can!
Frida Hansen is Not the Only Open-Warp Norwegian Tapestry Weaver
My American Scandinavian Foundation fellowship in Norway was to study the beautiful wool transparency technique of Frida Hansen, but there are many weavers who have
Underway: Tree of Life, Red River Valley Version
Many readers know about my American Scandinavian Foundation fellowship this year, when I traveled to Norway to study the wool transparency technique of the noted
A 2019 Saga: Martha Brummitt and her Viking Boat and Sail
I am filled with admiration for Martha Brummitt and her Viking boat project. Ambitiously, she made her own Viking pram boat and is weaving a
Here and (T)here: North Atlantic Version
I am participating in a woven postcard exchange, “Here and (T)here,” sponsored by the American Tapestry Alliance (ATA). Participating ATA members were randomly assigned to another
Ikea Rugs, Personalized (and Instructions)
Our kitchen became a rug-stamping workshop twice for granddaughter Alden. Last December my daughter Margaret requested a rug to go underneath grandson Fitzgerald’s Christmas present–a
