Jennifer
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Weaver |
| Location | Warrenville, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Hello and welcome home! A weaver's home. When asked what was the one thing he wished he would have known about weavers...answered, "That there would be a loom in every room" (well not quite, but getting close!) I'm a retired Museum Curator, a retired Home Educator and my passion throughout these years has always been textiles. Who made it? Why? How! A stint with the Swedish American Museum in Chicago opened the world of Scandinavian historic weavings to me. I've not looked back. I have been owned by a Glimakra Ideal since 1993. A small herd has followed! A c. 1910 Lervad loom with ties to the Hull House, Chicago. A c. 1990's? Rasmussen table loom with treadle stand. A Glimakra Julia for me to take to workshops. A LeClerc Voyageur table loom was given to me. Beka rigid heddle looms for band weaving. Good tools produce great results when used well. I am fortunate to have fabulous tools! How 'bout you? |
| Interests | Weaving, color, wool, cotton, Glimakra, Lervad, Rasmussen, Pick-up Band weaving, Inkle weaving, Historical weaving, overshot, coverlets, Warp weighted Medieval looms, Swedish Flower Hen chickens. |
| Favorite Movies | Up!, Robin Williams Toys, any of the Drive Through History series, Thou Shalt Laugh comedy series, Tim Hawkins comedian. |
| Favorite Music | Presently worship music of all sorts, Joshua Aaron, Paul Wilbur, Bethel music, Passion, but if I need to concentrate hand me Strauss |
| Favorite Books | Foremost the Bible, then there's the weaving books which inhabit every tabletop and are slowly encroaching on the vast majority of the bookshelf spaces |
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