R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

The sounds of Motown are in my head, but I’m hearing R-E-C-Y-C-L-E instead of Aretha’s amazing voice and R-E-S-P-E-C-T. I’ve been on a recycling toot ever since I learned how to sew a  Belgian secret binding from Hedi Kyle. The workshop was at Shakerag some years ago, and I seem to remember an abundance of [...]

It’s Supplementary, My Dear Watson

This scarf came about by mistake.  A simple mistake. An elementary one, really.  Against my better judgment gained from 30 years of weaving, I used a loosely spun novelty yarn as a supplementary warp that would sit or “float”  on top of the woven fabric and then anchored down by a weft row every 12 [...]

Dutch Treat

Do you know about saucijzenbroodjes?  (so-sise-en-bro-chess)  The literal Dutch translation would be small sausage breads. These are appetizers of  puff pastry stuffed with a filling of  a spicy ground meat mixture.  These aren’t your run of the mill “pigs in a blanket” as the meat flavoring holds a blend of exotic spices.  The Dutch after [...]