View from the loom

Apr 6

It's a beautiful spring day, and I'm inside weaving. Fortunately, I have a loom with a view. Straight ahead, I see my vegetable garden, to my left, daffodils and daises under the liquid amber tree, just leafing out. I'm working on a warp that I love - blues, greens and purples. The leaves on the tree are moving in the breeze and creating moving shadows on the fabric as I weave. Here's a little video, but it only captures a little of the magic of the day.

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Esther Benedict

I always knew I would weave. From the time I got my first potholder loom as a child I was enchanted with taking thread and making it into cloth. It took another twenty years, though before I finally got myself a real, grown-up loom, and another twenty years after that for me to decide to make weaving part of my livelihood. I enjoy most fiber arts, including spinning, dyeing, sewing and embroidery, as well as weaving. I haven't give up my day job - I'm still a law firm administrator, as I have been for about thirty years. I like working for lawyers - they're smart, demanding people who keep me on my toes. I keep them organized. I live in Oxnard, California with my husband Bruce, a dachshund named Rosie and a Siamese cat called Bijou.

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