365 Caws

This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Bark Of The Pacific Madrone

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Day 48: The Pacific Madrone, aka Madrona or Arbutus (Arbutus menziesii) is one of the easiest species to identify, thanks to its unusua...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Basic Weaving

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Day 47: I had forgotten how quickly weaving proceeds when using a floor loom as compared with a table loom where the raising and lowerin...
Monday, November 28, 2011

Sneak Preview

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Day 46 (BONUS bonus edition!): Since I hope to do a live action video of this process tomorrow when the light is better, I decided to pu...

Fully Dressed Loom

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Day 46 (bonus edition): With a full-sized floor loom taking up a third of my small crafts room, it's difficult to get an image showi...

Dressing The Loom

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Day 46: Dressing the loom, i.e., threading the warp through the heddles and reed, is arguably the most painstaking portion of weaving. F...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Chicken Soup Warping Method

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Day 45: Warping a loom is a process best done with an assistant. However, if you don't have one handy and are anxious to get started...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

Raddling The Chain

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Day 44: In a stroke of uncommon brilliance, it occurred to me that two lengths of nice, smooth PVC pipe would make excellent leash stick...
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Drawing on years of experience as a forest ranger, backpacker and mountaineer, my writings and images reflect my abiding love of Nature.
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