This is Oktobre. They are the face of the company. as well as the wind beneath our sails. Additionally, they help morale.

This is Oktobre. They are the face of the company. as well as the wind beneath our sails. Additionally, they help morale.

T'was a dark and mildy drizzly midday, when from the heavens Oktobre came to us. They spawned a dream. A dream that took to loom. A dream that brought textiles, unlike any others, to the good people of the midwest.

Oktobre, sheep of dreams, blessed the earth and from it grew the House of Spools. Oktobre then called for mighty champions of the fleece.

Barbara was the first. The first to heed Oktobre's call, and follow their threads to the House of Spools. Knighted as the Lead Fleece Finder, she paves the way with her intricate designs and fleece findery. 

Yet, the fleece still called, mighty and strong. Stronger than one alone could corrale. So, Barbara enlisted Andrean and her Child of Many Names to join her in the House of Spools.

Thus, Andrean became the Yarn Wrangler and the Child of Many Names became the Warp Whisper and, together, the three became the Sheep Shifters.

They answered the call.

They heed Oktobre.

They shift spools to woven story, fleece to freedom.

How to do better

How to do better

Barbara Daiker

Being a white woman who has grown up in privilege, my challenge to is seeing how my assumptions, actions, and non-action perpetuates the discrimination and lack of equality of people who did not have my advantage. I see it everywhere, and with that, I can change what I do and call it out when I see it with others. This seeing is just the beginning, and I have to keep working to do better. Weaving has a meditative quality, the rhythmic back and forth of the shuttle, lifting of the harnesses by pressing the foot pedals, and pulling of the beater to compress the yarn. Each rotation of these steps is in muscle memory, leaving space to think. Think about what I can do differently, how I can look at things differently.

I’ve been working on more Cotlin towels, not knowing when I might have the chance to do another show. Perhaps I need to look at a different way to make them available. My daughter is a visual artist, and we might collaborate by her putting her drawing images on my woven fabric with embroidery. It may be a match. You’ll want to see it!

Sometimes it doesn't work

Sometimes it doesn't work

Stay-at-home: My stash was made for this!
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