5 Comments

"Weft passes through warp one way or another, and fabric comes into existence." Lovely.

Expand full comment
Nov 2, 2021Liked by Megan Adam

Always thought provoking, and always a pleasure to read your musings. Thank you Megan.

Expand full comment

Beautiful. I find the history of textiles (and the tools we use to make them) fascinating. Thanks so much for the insights shared here.

Expand full comment
Oct 29, 2021Liked by Megan Adam

Really enjoyed this Megan! Looms are a bit magical!

Expand full comment

I'm not much good for history, but I'm all over function and aesthetics. I've always loved fabric—in one of my unlived lives I'm a fabric designer. The quilt my Grandmother made for me as a child I kept and repaired well into my thirties, when it completely disintegrated. I did a lot of weaving as a teen (very basic—not with an amazing machine) and went so far as to purchase a spinning wheel in order to spin my own wool—I used it maybe once, haha. When I was a teen I made a quilt whose top layer was made of fur from second-hand fur coats from the thrift shop—it was so heavy it was completely unusable. Okay, I was a hippy. Anyhoo, I could go on about all the things I've made in that vein, but really I just wanted to say that I appreciate what you're writing about here.

Expand full comment