Tien’s blog

So, it turns out that a fellow weaver lives in Silver Terrace! so I went to visit her yesterday.  She showed me some utterly gorgeous scarves woven in 8/2 tencel, using handpainted warps from Heritage Yarns.  I am a structural weaver myself (meaning I like to design complex weave structures), not a color/texture weaver, so [...]

So, Lorri has me slated for two centuries this weekend: the Sierra Century, and the Sequoia Century.  Both of them are relatively challenging centuries - 12,000 feet of climbing for the Sierra (which makes it almost on par with Markleeville) and 9,000 feet of climbing for the full Sequoia.  I may not do the full [...]

First, the tragedy: my favorite peach vendor has stopped coming to the farmer’s markets!!
You have to understand: I’ve been buying peaches from him for ten years.  When he left the Mountain View farmer’s market, I followed him to the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Market, even though it meant an 80-mile round-trip every week to get [...]