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Alden Turns Seven, and Gets a Sheepskin

April 17, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

I pretty much think that everyone needs a sheepskin, so this one went to California for our granddaughter’s seventh birthday. It’s not an heirloom quality

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Sewing Charlotte’s Skinnfell: Background

March 29, 2018 Robbie LaFleur

Note: After I finished the skinnfell for Charlotte I explained it to her here. This is a bit more background about making it.  At our

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Happy Fuzzy Birthday, Charlotte!

March 29, 2018 Robbie LaFleur

Dear Charlotte, Happy fourth birthday! Remember when we went to visit my friend Nancy and see her wonderful goats and chickens and sheep?  This year

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Sew Love Into Your Coverlet (Painfully)

March 25, 2012 Robbie LaFleur

As a follow-up to my previous post about sewing a textile to a sheepskin I asked Jan Mostrom, who attended Britt Solheim’s class on skinnfell-making

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A Weaving Hiatus

September 15, 2011 Robbie LaFleur

Hardly any bugs bothered us during our idyllic week on the Fish Hook River in northern Minnesota.  Tubing and canoeing and grilling and biking with

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“The Old Pattern” Gets Recognition

August 19, 2011 Robbie LaFleur

I was pleased to hear that my krokbragd weaving mounted on a sheepskin won “Best of Show” at the 2011 National Exhibition of Folk-Art in

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I’ve been marking my fire tapestry progress with headlines atop the warp. The NYT graphic showing the conflagration of covid covers the whole working area, marking a half a million Americans who have succumbed. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram
You know how it is so valuable to step away from your work to get the big picture? My desk is perfectly situated in relation to the loom. The fire tapestry doesn’t look so exciting at this point. Almost to the woods in the background. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #handweaving #tapestry #weavingmn
The next issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter will focus on Norwegian Vestfoldtepper, historical banded weavings with inlay patterns. In a post on my own blog today, I review the pieces I’ve woven using Vestfoldsmett. Robbielafleur.com #scandinavianweaving #vestfoldsmett #vestfoldtepper #vev #weaving
It doesn’t look like a whole lot of progress, but it is rolled on the beam a bit, about three more inches since the last post. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weavingmn
Perhaps it is appropriate to be weaving a summer 🔥 during a winter polar vortex. Frigid all week. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weavingmn #handweaving #weaversofinstagram
I think the tapestry in the fire ring might look blazing after all... #tapestryweaving #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #bonfire #weaving #weavingmn# #handweaving #weaversofinstagram

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