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Name Entry
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Linda Wilder
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Biographical or Historical Note
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As I sat at the loom to begin weaving the sample, I was immediately taken back all those many years, thinking of my sister in weaving, wondering where her loom was situated, in the house by the fire, in the barn, in the kitchen? And I marveled at what I knew was a very rudimentary loom, compared to my modern one, wondered about the frustrations she might have encountered and the difficulty finding the supplies to make her coverlet, frustrations I shared with her as I wove my sample, so many things were different and so much was the same. But mostly I felt a great connection to the past. While things are dramatically different in Rockbridge County today, the weaving process is much the same. She shared her joy with her fellow weavers, I share with mine. She shared her drafts. I share mine. I could feel the satisfaction she felt as the pattern unfolded, the joy as the piece was cut off the loom and the love she shared as she used or gifted her weaving.
Float Work - Diamond Ring