Syne Mitchell - Weaver, writer, and all-around curious person

Randy Darwall & Brian Murphy Workshop

Syne Mitchell — Mon, 16 May 2011 19:33:51 +0000

Recently I had the good fortune to get into a workshop with Randy Darwall. Read more >>

FOs Make Any Day Better

Syne Mitchell — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:52:17 +0000

Today was one of those hard days, when you come home and just need to be alone for a while. Eric's known me long enough that he actually looked at me and said, "Go, do something with you Read more >>

Yarn for Class!

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:31:53 +0000

This past Thursday I had lunch with Astrid Bear. If you haven't had the pleasure of meeting Astrid, she's witty, fun, friendly, and knows an astounding number of people from many different wa Read more >>

I'm teaching at Sock Summit!

Syne Mitchell — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:32:47 +0000

Guess what? I'm teaching at Sock Summit in Portland!!! Read more >>

Bumps, Lumps, and Roller Derby

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:17:00 +0000

I’ve been discovering my inner sports fan. Read more >>

Andean Pebble Weave’s New Home

Syne Mitchell — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:47:54 +0000

One of the tricky things about shutting down a business is figuring out how to do right by your business partners. So I’ve been working with Laverne Waddington to find a new venue for h Read more >>

State of the Fiber-Arts Union

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:24:21 +0000

I’ve been through my first two weeks at my new job. Starting a new job is always an adjustment. There’ve been fun moments—my coworkers are a smart and lively bunch, an Read more >>

Madrona 2011: eTextiles, Core Spinning, Garments, Lever Knitting, oh my!

Syne Mitchell — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:41:38 +0000

I got back from Madrona yesterday. As always, it was a whirlwind. This year I ended up teaching two entirely new classes, one with a co-teacher, which was another first for me. I Read more >>

SpinKnit (eMag)

Syne Mitchell — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:31:15 +0000

Interweave Press recently started a new venture: SpinKnit, their latest e-mag. I think an electronic magazine is a Read more >>

Day Job

Syne Mitchell — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:36:32 +0000

2011 is already starting out as a year of big changes. The biggest one is that, after 10 years of being a work-at-home mom, I’ve gotten a day job...and not just any day job, but one tha Read more >>

Beamed On

Syne Mitchell — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:29:11 +0000

The warp is wound onto the plain beam of my AVL, and awaiting threading. Read more >>

Waiting in Chains

Syne Mitchell — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:09:16 +0000

The title of this post sounds like a bad romance novel, doesn’t it? It’s not, it’s a reference the Read more >>

56: Sarah Pilgrim

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:09:19 +0000

The bright and shiny new year is often a time for making resolutions. Is one of yours to finally get serious about selling your weaving? If so, I’ve got a treat for you. Sar Read more >> Read more >>

46:29 minutes (31.95 MB)

Blogging by Proxy

Syne Mitchell — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:05:53 +0000

I'm teaching a beginning rigid-heddle class at Weaving Works in Seattle today so I'd originally thought there would be no blog post today. Read more >>

Gifts from the Washing Machine

Syne Mitchell — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:41:01 +0000

I washed the rayon chenille that I took off my AVL. As expected, some of it was completely unusable cloth. Sacrificed to the gods of learning.

But here, completely pettable and respectable is four yards of cloth, 36 inches wide. I washed it on cold/normal and then dried it with some towels on tumble-dry-low to beat it up a bit and soften the fabric. (Woven chenille right off the loom feels a lot like cardboard.) Read more >>

My History in Code

Syne Mitchell — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:53:53 +0000

I first encountered a computer in eighth-grade gifted class. Read more >>

In the Space of One Warp

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:54:43 +0000

If you listened to the first WeaveCast, you’ll know that I didn’t take to weaving immediately. I bought a used Baby Wolf loom Read more >>

The Liftplan Connection

Syne Mitchell — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:53:37 +0000

by Alice Schlein
self-published, 2010, 158 pages

When Alice Schlein and Bhakti Zeik’s book, The Woven Pixel, was published it kindled new fires in the weaving world, teaching weavers how to use powerful graphics software, Adobe Photoshop, to design drafts for jacquard looms. The technical jacquard content and the hefty price tag of $160, however, put it out of the reach of many weavers. Still, dobby weavers yearned to use the technique to design imagery for their looms.

Alice’s latest book, The Liftplan Connection, brings that wonderful design technique down to earth in a less expensive volume aimed specifically at dobby weavers. That and its inclusion of instructions for the consumer-priced Adobe Photoshop Elements make it accessible to a wider audience. Read more >>

WeaveCast 55: Jacey Boggs and John Acord (transcript)

Laura Fry — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:53:47 +0000

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Drilling the AVL

Syne Mitchell — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:31:37 +0000

Last night I was up at 2 a.m. Read more >>

A Twinkly Christmas Eve

Syne Mitchell — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:48:39 +0000

This is one of my favorite nights of the year. I love the twinkly lights and the sens Read more >>

55: Jacey Boggs and John Acord

Syne Mitchell — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:09:01 +0000

We've got two great interviews for you this episode: Jacey Boggs, the leader of the new art-yarn movement talks about creating wild and yet structurally sound yarns, and then John Acord of Flatwate Read more >>

44:58 minutes (61.78 MB)

Tracking

Syne Mitchell — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:51:06 +0000

Yesterday I consigned a dozen yards of handwoven fabric to the wash.
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Consigned to the Washing Machine

Syne Mitchell — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:47:43 +0000

In nearly every handwoven cloth’s existence comes the time when it is washed. This is an exciting moment. The fibers that relaxed a bit when taken off the loom are given even more Read more >>

A Visit from Mirrix

Syne Mitchell — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:36:45 +0000

This morning I had a delightful brunch with Claudia Chase (owner and founder of Mirrix Looms) and her daughter Elena (marketing director of Mirrix.) Claudia was in town visiting her daughter Read more >>