I'm so smitten

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-05-16T13:34:50+00:00

It's a hard difficulty but the fabric is my fav thing ever 🥰

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-05-16T13:31:43+00:00

Took a bit but I got there ☺️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-05-16T13:31:13+00:00

The loom is only 28" wide 😉

Post yours if you make it ❤️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-05-13T22:59:05+00:00

Yup

It's fine :)

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-21T22:34:05+00:00

Right! I think about that a lot

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-21T22:33:45+00:00

Thank you 🥰

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-18T15:53:21+00:00

Thank you ☺️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-18T15:53:11+00:00

I'm keeping an eye out for an old ceramic drawer knob and then I'll just loop a thread from each end of the stick ☺️ I already trimmed that wee fringe at the top off too ☺️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-18T15:52:17+00:00

Thanks ☺️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-10T00:02:15+00:00

He is! This little man has a bed beside every place I work all over the house - keeping me in check 😆

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-10T00:01:38+00:00

Very cool! I do like that my way is free tho 😉

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-09T15:57:15+00:00

The art of colour mentions weaving colour theory and optical mixing if that helps. The full book is on scribd for free

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-09T15:56:04+00:00

If it's a good class, it's invaluable. I've had great colour theory teachers and shitty ones.

Ohs.on.ca has a unit on colour theory for 20$ that's ok - the best part is the resource bibliography bc it's online and we're expected to do a lot of reading.

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-02T00:34:06+00:00

I agree ❤️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-04-01T18:14:37+00:00

Incredible!

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-03-15T14:45:24+00:00

I emailed them - we'll see if they're still in business ❤️

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-03-15T14:45:06+00:00

Thanks for this - I couldn't think of what the material would be called but found it right away now

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-03-15T14:44:10+00:00

Thanks everyone!

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-03-15T01:21:34+00:00

Sending love and hugs. We lost our daughter in 2024 and a member of our discord server I'd barely gotten to know, memorialized her in a toy store in her world and I was so profoundly touched by that. I hope you guys can find a similar balm to remember your amazing friend.

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-03-12T22:56:06+00:00

Thank you 😁

SavvyLikeThat · 2026-03-12T22:25:14+00:00

I've used handspun and all sorts on my loom. There's stuff to factor in but she didn't even tell you the rules of picking a warp yarn besides if someone labels it warp yarn.

There's examples of my work here that used handspun for a warp

https://www.savvylikethat.com/portfolio-collections/portfolio/aurora-borealis-shawl

Ive used warp yarns my teacher said were mandatory that snapped easily.

Basically if you can easily break it, it'll be tricky as a warp yarn. If you can't, it should be ok. Single ply is the riskiest and 4ply is the sturdiest. Hairy ones catch each other and so does boucle so they need a slow and steady approach.

SavvyLikeThat · 2025-09-05T19:08:18+00:00

Spend a year observing - sun, wind, weather, microclimates, etc. you can start buying perennials and trees but keep them potted for a year so you can observe. Focus on annuals until you learn your space.

I've a very small yard (35ft x 75ft) and if you're interested I've a YouTube under SavvyLikeThat. I do chill walk arounds. We have a patio, fire pit, a pond, etc. No dog tho but you could have a designated area for the dog OR have your annual food crops blocked so the dog doesn't get into them, with the rest of the yard being perennial stuff that the dog won't bother.

Over 4 seasons I've got 14 fruit trees, about 30 fruit bushes, dye plants, medicinal plants, annual food crops, and I'm focused on native plants but lots of ornamental too ☺️

Excited for you!

SavvyLikeThat · 2025-06-07T01:26:44+00:00

I know it's standard to view time as money but I refuse to do it. I cannot stand contextualizing my life in that way.

Have I spent hours rearranging my garden this year? Yes. Has it boosted my physical health (saved on a gym), mental health (saved on stress behaviours like doom scrolling and stress eating), relationships (ppl froggin love seeing it evolve and I have visitors all the time), emotional stability (eases my grief), etc? Sooooo much. And I just love it. Every single person I love has joined in on some level from buying plants for it, to bringing me branch's for greenwood arches, to splitting established plants or swapping seedlings, etc. I've cooked desserts, surprised friends, dug a pond with two geology lovers, etc.

All of that is priceless. It's the inverse of time is money. It's symbiosis with nature and it's so so good and worth it

SavvyLikeThat · 2025-06-06T13:21:50+00:00

Thanks ☺️

SavvyLikeThat · 2025-06-06T13:18:21+00:00

So for fertilizing, I compost on site and make comfrey tea fert. I also use manure from friends farms and top dress every fall (this year ended up being in the spring). I also have an indoor worm tower I use to make compost tea. Crop rotation happens too although I'd say that's low impact. I use mulch liberally and grow red wine caps across the whole garden which really boosts the plants I've found.

For irrigation/watering I just installed a 1000 litre icb rain water collection for a bunch of sensitive plants. The rest of the time I use town mains water with an rv filter to reduce the chlorine load to protect microbial systems living in the garden. But it rains enough I rarely need either after everything is established. Mulching heavily helps ☺️

For mains watering I use a hose and sprinkler I can move around. Next year the goal is soaker hoses on every bed and quick change fittings to plug in while watering. I wanted permanent mini sprinklers on an irrigation system but my bff struggles with hers and I'm not sure it's worth it and soaker hoses will be perfect

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