I made it to the knitting group, no pictures, no stuff you haven't seen before, and it was a great session. Talk ranged over a new spinning group underway at another library, I'm invited, online scams, granny squares, teaching singing to disabled students, retirement communities, speeding, local police finding dogs, a cat reunion with owners, car batteries, and more.
Home again to Textiles and Tea with Hope Wang, weaver, painter, photographer, poet, who founded the Chicago LoomRoom. It's a communal space for renting time on looms such as the wildly expensive TC2 Jacquard loom, that huge white one in the pictures. This puts it in reach for weavers without access to university-based equipment, and brings loom and weavers together.
She combines her talents in her own weaving practice to create cotton and silk artworks -- Chicago readers note there's a solo show soon, Asunder, see the picture with more information. And she gave the best explanation of how the TC2 works that I've heard.
She's a hugely talented and personable artist, who's next going to center her poetry, rather than the weaving.
So that was a very good day. Helen held up well with the library furniture, too. Public furniture is often a snare and a delusion!
Happy day everyone, whatever you're doing. I'm hearing great resistance stories. And cute winter boots feature in them! TikTok code for guess what word, to dodge the algorithm, since it's cracking down on free speech.
Got my cute winter boots laced and ready to go!
