Mill conditions were anything but clean. There were many hazards involved. If you can find Tony Robinson's series The Worst Jobs in History, note how many are textile related.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
In 1975 I was looking for a career that would fascinate me for the rest of my life. In a way, weaving chose me!
QR Code
Total Pageviews
Search This Blog
Labels
- #fairfiberwage (6)
- 2/20 merc. cotton (26)
- A Good Yarn (7)
- A Good Yarn: Rayon (43)
- A Good Yarn: LandH (42)
- A Thread Runs Through It (11)
- Abby Franquemont (1)
- absorbency (4)
- afghans (4)
- air assist (3)
- Angle Wings (1)
- Another Big a Project (4)
- Another Big Project (92)
- ANWG (3)
- ANWG 2019 (43)
- Ars Textrina (8)
- Art Fire (15)
- Asaph's project (2)
- Ashford (2)
- auto cloth advance (10)
- AVL Loom repairs (24)
- AVL repairs (4)
- baby wraps (5)
- bamboo yarn (17)
- basketweave selvedges (1)
- beaming (8)
- beating (6)
- Big Project (45)
- blood pressure (20)
- bobbin lace (43)
- bobbin winding (2)
- book review (56)
- books (25)
- booth (1)
- Boxes of yarn (1)
- broken thread (7)
- broken twill (2)
- Bronson (4)
- Buckets of towels... (1)
- burn test (1)
- business (74)
- CD Weaver (15)
- cholesterol (15)
- Circle Craft Shop (11)
- collapse fabric (11)
- colour gamp kits (11)
- compression (1)
- Conference (1)
- conferences (18)
- Confluences (29)
- cotton yarn (20)
- counter balanced looms (1)
- Craft fair (7)
- craft fairs (129)
- Craftsy (5)
- creases (1)
- creativity (1)
- crepe yarns/cloth (1)
- curtains (2)
- demo's (1)
- density (3)
- Diversifed Plain Weave (31)
- Don Holzworth (3)
- double weave (1)
- doubling stand (4)
- draw in (2)
- drop spindle (1)
- DVD (15)
- dyeing (14)
- eBay auction (4)
- efficiency (115)
- Ergonomics (33)
- fancy twills (2)
- fell line (1)
- Fibonacci (2)
- fibre characteristics (11)
- Fibres West (1)
- Fitbit (1)
- fixing threading errors (13)
- floral motif (1)
- fly shuttle (9)
- Fortress Louisberg (2)
- Fox Fibre (14)
- fringe twisting (12)
- Fuller's teasels (1)
- fulling wool (6)
- gauge (1)
- GCW Master weavers (22)
- guest post (13)
- guild programs (1)
- guild samples (3)
- Handwoven (18)
- handwoven garments (1)
- hard press (6)
- hearing protection (2)
- Heddlecraft (1)
- hem stitching (1)
- hemp[ (2)
- hems (3)
- https://ko-fi.com/laurafry (58)
- huck lace (2)
- humidor (6)
- Jane Stafford On Line Guild (3)
- John C Campbell folk school (2)
- John C Campbell folk school at dawn Monday morning (1)
- Jury rigged warping stand (1)
- knitting (2)
- Knots (3)
- ko-fi (1)
- lace weaves (9)
- Leclerc Fanny (9)
- lighting (1)
- linen (34)
- linen tester (1)
- live weight tension system (5)
- looms (3)
- lost cross (1)
- Louet Megado (15)
- lymphoma (38)
- Lynn's legacy (3)
- magazines (10)
- Magic in the Water (98)
- master weaving (9)
- Matrix Series (1)
- measuring (4)
- measuring angle (1)
- mending a broken end (1)
- mercerized cotton (1)
- mistakes (1)
- Next Big Project 2023 (20)
- Olds College (29)
- Olds College master weaving (68)
- Olds College. Teaching (12)
- Olds Fibre Week (14)
- Olds Master Weaving (25)
- OldsCovid (1)
- organization (6)
- Oscar Beriau (1)
- painted warps (51)
- Pat Hilts (6)
- pirns (5)
- place mats (63)
- Plain Weave (3)
- Podcast (1)
- politics (3)
- pricing (2)
- Purrington Looms (3)
- rayon (5)
- rayon chenille (62)
- rayon yarn (20)
- reed as raddle (4)
- reed marks (2)
- repair thread (7)
- retirement (31)
- rigid heddle loom (7)
- road trip (103)
- rough sleying (7)
- rules/guidelinesw (1)
- Sample (18)
- samples (7)
- scarf (88)
- Scarves (33)
- School of Sweet Georgia (2)
- seconds (4)
- sectional beaming (19)
- selvedges (21)
- Seminar series (1)
- seminars (1)
- shawls (91)
- shuttle throwing (15)
- silk novelty (22)
- silk scarf (14)
- silk yarn (17)
- Silver Needles cone winder (2)
- sizing (1)
- skeins (8)
- sleying (8)
- SOS (59)
- SOS Lace Weaves (4)
- SOS. A Good Yarn (1)
- SOS. Magic in the Water (2)
- special orders (28)
- spinning (33)
- Spool rack (1)
- spot weaves (1)
- stash reduction (100)
- steam press (9)
- Stories from the Matrix (57)
- studio assistance (4)
- studio reorganization (6)
- study group (2)
- Sunday Seminars (17)
- surgery (16)
- sweet spot (2)
- t-shirts (3)
- tea towels (267)
- Tea towels (ko-fi show) (1)
- teaching (218)
- temple (6)
- tender yarn (2)
- tension system (2)
- textile science (2)
- The Intentional Weaver (152)
- The Intentional Weaver. Teaching (42)
- The Project (1)
- threading draft (25)
- threading motion (7)
- tip jar (3)
- tools (1)
- towels (96)
- treadling (5)
- twill angle (11)
- tying on (2)
- video clip (22)
- waffle weave (6)
- Warp and Weave (1)
- warp winding (27)
- warping valet (34)
- Weave a V (15)
- WeaveCast (7)
- Weaver (1)
- weaving software. (1)
- Weavolution (2)
- webinar (13)
- wet finishing (24)
- wholesale (1)
- window treatments (2)
- Workshop (1)
- workshops (59)
- Z twist yarns (1)
- Zoom (18)
Followers
Laura's Links
Blog Archive
About Me
No comments:
Post a Comment