by kborga@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2026 | Studio Notes
I recently brought home three new fleeces from the New Jersey Sheep & Wool Festival, and I’ve started working with one of the more unusual ones. This fleece is a Jacob cross, so beneath all of that dirty orange and cream there are areas of both white and black...
by kborga@gmail.com | Sep 1, 2026 | Studio Notes
There is a point in making when the work stops being about putting things together and becomes about being willing to take them apart. I have been working through the construction of the WOOLBORNE Petite, and this week has been full of those moments. The zipper...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 23, 2026 | Studio Notes
Last week I wound nine yards of warp for a set of towels — more than I needed, on purpose. Two towels are finished. Several more are still waiting on the loom, and now it’s time to change it up. I can change the weft color, or add several. I can change how often...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2026 | Studio Notes
It started with the stash. I wanted to weave towels as a gift, and before buying anything new, I went looking through the cotton I already had. Cones came out of cabinets and bins and eventually ended up lined across my kitchen island—naturals, creams, whites, blues,...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 9, 2026 | Studio Notes
There is always a point in making something new when I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. I reached that point this week with a zipper. I’ve been working on a smaller WOOLBORNE bag, and I knew almost from the beginning that I wanted it to close differently from...
