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August 6, 2009 by Tien Chiu

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

A recap of the last five days:

two 5-yard warps for tea towels:

First set of tea towels (Laura warped this one for me)
First set of tea towels (Laura warped this one for me)
2nd set of tea towels (I warped this set!)
2nd set of tea towels (I warped this set!)

A 5-yard warp’s worth of collapse weave samples (now neatly indexed and ready to go into binders):

Collapse weave samples
Collapse weave samples

A shawl from the collapse weave sample I liked best:

Collapse weave shawl, full view
Collapse weave shawl, full view

And learned to make bobbin lace, producing three bookmarks (my first one not shown because I left it behind in Canada; Laura’s mailing it back to me)

Bobbin lace bookmark - my second project
Bobbin lace bookmark #2
3rd bobbin lace bookmark, this one with spider stitch
3rd bobbin lace bookmark, this one with spider stitch

Not bad for 5 days!

And now I’m home, re-energized, refreshed, and ready to go!

(By the way, if you are interested in studying with Laura in her studio, it’s only $100/day with hotel, or $125/day if you stay at Laura’s.  If I were you I’d jump on it!  Her contact info is on her website at http://www.laurafry.com .)

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