Katherine SavageJul 17, 20213 minWhat Will Be...Will Be.The weaving is complete, and tonight the shroud makes its home with me. I met Melanie earlier today to receive it from her generous...
Katherine SavageFeb 12, 20214 minSolitude, Stillness & SilenceIt’s challenging to weave in 30 degree temperatures, but I am doing it, calling on the homesteading ancestors of Southern Appalachia to...
Katherine SavageJan 5, 20213 minDeliberate ImperfectionI created a foot of shroud cloth today, weaving for my very first time. Melanie Wilder has set the loom up on the porch at Warren Wilson...
Katherine SavageOct 25, 20203 minThe Warp and WeftYesterday we processed the remainder of the flax needed to make my shroud. The first of three panels woven by Melanie’s students at...
Katherine SavageJul 19, 20203 minHarvest TimeWith a wiggle and a tug, my flax plants came out of the ground. Heavy-headed with seeds, Melanie and I gathered stalks until our hands...
Katherine SavageJun 25, 20203 minThe Life Cycle of JusticeI had no idea, truly, that flax is so beautiful. I am standing at one end of a 33 x 3 foot row of it, and its sky blue flowers are...
Katherine SavageMay 18, 20203 minCloth and CovidCloth, Melanie Wilder notes, is the first and last thing to touch our skin as we enter and leave this world. A blanket swaddles us upon...
Katherine SavageApr 12, 20203 minIn The Beginning was a SeedAs they flew from my hand and made contact with the air, I considered their future, which is to become my winding sheet...