Has this year felt like forever already? I feel like time expands and contracts depending on my mental state. I’ve not had any big adventures this year beyond the retreat I taught in Taos in January, but I have been doing some weaving of small tapestries as well as bird watching and drawing. Here is the year from my studio so far in pictures.
Eccentric weaving, Mesa Verde and clouds. See more about this on Patreon.
I’ve been a bit obsessed with how to use cloud forms in woven structures lately. I’m not really interested in weaving clouds realistically, but I am interested in using what I see in the sky as inspiration. Driving home from Durango a few weeks ago, these beauties showed up.
I did teach a retreat in Taos in January and you can see more about that in THIS blog post. This is the skein of yarn I snagged from Taos Wools this trip. Photo taken at Mabel Dodge Luhan House where the retreat was held.
Treasure from Taos Wools!
We can’t forget the stellar emotional support Olympics that buoyed us through two weeks of February. I love the winter Olympics. I just can’t get over how people do things that seem insane like doing flips 60 feet in the air or hurtling down icy chutes headfirst on a tiny platform with runners at 80 mph. The summer Olympics in contrast are mostly about, “run faster!”
I learned a lot about curling and I enjoyed Alyssa Liu’s beautiful skating and graceful message in winning.
2026 Olympics were a wonderful distraction
Walking the dogs we happened upon the evidence of an event. Stories in the snow.
Snow evidence of a small rodent and a large raptor
And winter is also a time for napping, especially in the week we had some snow.
Sir Beaumont taking a nice winter nap
Happy weaving everyone. I hope your adventures in creativity are holding you through the rough patch that is 2026 (can we have a do-over?).
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