My name is John Mullarkey, and this web site was developed for two reasons:
-to help me keep track of my projects, and gains in experience and methods, and
-to share what I have learned with other weavers.

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7/9/09
Two weeks of weaving instruction and fun and fellowship! Speaking of fellowship, while I was in Florida I met up with a high school friend I haven't seen in 25 years! We had a blast! I was afraid it might be strange and awkward, but it turned out to be a wonderful experience. It was interesting to see how past shared moments were recalled very differently by us. Memory is a strange thing. But good people are good people whether you see them every day, or only if you see them once every decade.

Convergence and Complex Weavers' were wonderful! Thanks Angela for all of your help on the class materials and at the TWIST meeting. Thanks to everyone who attended the TWIST meeting. We had a very good turnout this conference, and many new members signed up.

The conferences were a success for me as well. I hope those who attended my classes enjoyed them, and found them informative and fun. I know I had a great time teaching, and I am thankful to have met you all, and you taught me a great deal as well. Thanks to all of you who purchased our book. Please send me pictures of bands you've created using the patterns.

I'm going to be busy for awhile putting the next issue of TWIST together and implementing the changes we talked about at the meeting. Hopefully, I'll have time to actually weave some fun stuff. I have to get some yardage woven for Darryl Lancaster's workshop she's doing for our guild. How's this for an idea...a book jacket! I'm going to use the UPC code on the pattern book as the warp striping order for the yardage and then use bands woven with patterns from the book as edging and accents. Stay tuned for the finished jacket!

6/3/08
Wow, Convergence is just around the corner! Tons to do as I'm teaching two classes at the Complex Weavers conference which directly follows Convergence. So that's two weeks of intense weaving study! I can't wait. Hope to see many of you there. I'm taking Diana Brenna's workshop, and other fun tablet weaving classes. I'm teaching a Diagonals and Quest for loom class at Complex Weavers.

Not too many new projects to explore. The Silver and Burgandy Waves I only finished because I desparately needed the loom it was on. Mostly I've been working on diagonal samples for the class.

Don't forget about the TWIST meeting at Convergence! See ya there!

2/27/08
Wow, first post of the new year. Sorry about that. Thank goodness the holidays are done, and I can get back to doing all of the things I put off until after the holiday gifts were made. This is going to be a busy fiber year. I hope yours is too! Convergence in June, and the Complex Weaver's conference right after that. I'm still putting together teaching materials for the latter. There will be a strong tablet weaving presence at both conferences this time around. And here I thought I could scoot by this year on fewer conferences. I had so much fun at SOAR last year that I've already put that on this year's schedule. Hope to see everyone this summer at some of these events! If you like what you see here, and are feeling generous, feel free to donate for the maintenance of this website.

Feel free to email me at Edgarpoe64@hotmail.com

Much of the photography on this site was done by: Studio Menard

Some of the photos are my poor attempts at photography. I know, stick to weaving.