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Heddle Over Heels - Katie
@katie-too.bsky.social
I like to weave and make things.


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Question for folks with direct experience—What is the going rate for freelance tech editing of patterns in the arts and crafts field? I’m particularly interested in weaving, but it seems that knitting, sewing, and crochet could be comparable.

#techediting #patternwriting #fiberarts #weaving
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A big sigh of relief. I just finished up my largest handwoven blanket to date, coming in at a finished size of 71”x 102”. Maybe not the most complex structure, but definitely the my most challenging for me so far. Woven double-width in a hand-dyed warp.

#weaving #wandwoven #fiberarts
June 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I post on IG so infrequently these days that I immediately get suspicious of any new account that follows me there. I just assume it’s all bots or humanoids up to no good. Also, it’s funny to me that now may be the time that someone would finally decide to open an account.
March 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’ll love sampling and messing around with ideas—with no pressure for perfection or a lovely finished item.

#weaving #doubleweave #fiberarts 🧶
March 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m selling at a fine art and craft show this weekend have had two people come up to me to talk about how annoying it is that the @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social Spelling Bee doesn’t accept “heddle” as a word. I’ve also noticed it and it’s super annoying.

#weaving #weaverproblems #spellingbee
February 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This afternoon I got to email a few pictures to the kind man I bought this loom from a few months ago. It was Catherine’s, his late wife, and he was looking forward to seeing it back in action and setup in its new home. All looms has a story. 💗

#weaving #fiberarts
February 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I just received a very polite message that essentially said “Hi! I love your work and am trying to copy it, but am having trouble. Can you help me?” 🫠
February 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Maybe I just see weaving patterns everywhere, but I couldn’t help but to notice that my boot print in the snow looks like what I’m weaving this afternoon.

#weaving #deflecteddoubleweave #fiberarts 🧶
February 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My son just asked what I would choose if I could be any object or thing, not an animal, for 3 hours and was guaranteed to turn back into myself and be conscious of the experience. I think a redwood tree by the coast. He would be a bike of a rider practicing for the Red Bull Rampage.
February 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some student’s work from the class I taught this weekend. Everyone dressed their looms on Saturday and went home with a completed scarf by Sunday afternoon. It was a bit of a marathon, but everyone did a fantastic job and were very focused.

#weaving 🧶 #handweaving #handwoven #fiberarts
February 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I’ve spent at least 30 hours prepping for a weekend class for which I’ll get paid for only the 16 class hours. Thankfully all of that work will be done the next time I may teach this class, but it’s also the reason why I don’t/can’t develop too many new and different classes.

#freelance
January 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The scarf that was being woven yesterday. I designed it for newer weavers to get a taste of weaving overshot without getting overwhelmed by the slower nature of two-shuttle weaving. Could have used a pressing before taking pictures.

#weaving 🧶 #4shaft #fiberarts
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I just got an email from @mohelaofficial.bsky.social (fed student loan servicer) today saying that there had been a change to my auto pay payment. Tried to log in to the site only to find that apparently it’s flipping out. I can’t log on and it’s acting like they have no record of my account. 😖
January 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This morning I’ve been sitting by this sunny window weaving a class sample for an upcoming beginner weaving workshop. I’m sure this winter cactus never imagined that it would be used as a draft holder.

#weaving #fiberarts 🧶
January 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m at the little loom in the living room weaving a new class sample while Raz is at the computer just through the door playing a game and we are listening to a Radiolab together. Cozy.
January 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This cutting mat was just delivered from Joann with quite possibly the perfect amount of packaging. A rare thing indeed. Just the mat slid into a flattened box with the edges taped.
January 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I heard this snippet on the local NPR station this evening and then had to look up the transcript to make sure I didn’t mishear the words of a difference attorney for two of the eleven CT people who just received pardons.

They gave her the mic and she took it.

www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-01...
January 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Chunky core-spun handwoven wool rugs filling up the loom. It’s nearly time to cut these off and then fill it back up again. Sabine doesn’t look very impressed.

#weaving #fiberarts #handwoven
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I’m getting so close to finishing my first crocheted thing—a blanket made entirely from loom waste, nearly empty cones of yarn, and weft bits and bobs left over from weaving. It’s been over a year in the making.

#weaving #fiberarts #crochet
January 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM