Knot Obsessed

I didn't see this coming. A full month without posting. Here's what happened. Sometime after the pandemic isolations began, I slowly began noticing postings that were actively and enthusiastically bringing people together to fold, draw and build things together. For instance, Anne Perkins demonstrated a hundred days of projects on her blog https://arbitrarilyclose.com/ and Clarissa…

The Weaver’s Knot, finally

I am a total rock star when it come to making a weaver's knot - THE knot that bookbinders need when we need to attach more thread to sew signatures together. The fact that I am like a grande dame of the weaver's knot should come as no surprise. I love doing exposed sewn bindings,…

Knot Grateful

Is it even accurate to say that I am grateful to a binding? I had a tough time finding time to do any kind of artwork when my children were young. Bookbinding was especially hard. Cutting boards, working with bookcloth, making and gluing down decorative papers: it was all such an unmanagable production, but I absolutely…