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i remember drawing on paper with a white candle and then painting over it with watercolour paints as a child and it's so cool to see the same technique used for painting fabric!

Whats the name of the mill?

I've been here since your video: "Making a Christmas Sweater from Scratch ❄ Weaving Plaid Fabric!" (It doesn't feel like it's been over three years... wow) And I've loved every moment of it. I love your energy, your positivity and your attitude that weaving doesn't have to be perfect, as long as you're enjoying doing it. I love watching you play with colors, exploring without fear. It's all how I myself see and work with my fiber crafts. (I also, spin, knit, weave, dye... all the things. You know how it is. You can't just do one of them...) I'm looking forward to following you for many years more.

Lovely!

I am enjoying and learning from your journey so much! I’m grateful that you are sharing with us all.

I enjoy watching your videos so much! You are living my dream! I am now too old to go to school for textile, but I have learnt a lot during my life. But it makes me really happy watching young people learning and getting to do all this fun stuff.

You do everything with such joy. I love watching your creative process. Looking forward to seeing how all of this goes.

I enjoy your upbeat attitude in everything you present, even earn you are dealing with problems. Brava! ( And what a great black and white fabric pattern you are wearing!)

Makes me hungry for raspberry cotton candy (if there is such a thing)! I don’t know if I’ve ever commented before, but your channel brings me so much joy! Thank you for sharing your adventures :)

How many ends has your merino-silk wrap? I love your palette. That reddish pink ❤️

love your content, can't wait to watch you develop your thesis further!! you're so inspiring :)

Your videos are so joyful. Thank you for sharing your adventures!

I love seeing your prowess in all the different steps of so many yarn and textile arts! I'm also obsessed with that repeating pattern you designed with your scanned ink experiments. Excited to see the results of the wax experiments.

That's fun. Busy week.

Thank you so much for sharing your process and how do you find the time to film and edit all of this? The joy you have for what you're doing is truly inspiring and your work ethic is phenomenal. I'm glad that you put your health first and you're feeling much better. Much love to you from the UK.

Really enjoyed watching your color adventures!

So happy to see your video. I was thinking about heading to bed after making my 81st chenille frog, and saw you’d put up a new video. Decided to watch and embroider a smile on froggie. I was drooling over your hand dyed and spun yarn. The colors are my absolute favorite. I’m sure you’re long over being sick but was sad to see you feeling yucky. Trust all is well. How you do all you do and film and edit amazes me. Thank you. Hope your summer has been good. You’re through with FIT aren’t you? Curious what’s next in your journey. Blessings from Texas.

So enjoyable watching you take fiber to yarn then weaving, and dyeing along the way. And the patterns! You are such a maker extraordinaire .

Love this . Really fun stuff. Thanks for sharing. !!

Yours is my favorite CZcams channel of all time. I know it's all done now, but I can't wait to see how the journey toward your thesis continues to shape up. In the meantime, every time I watch one of your videos I'm immediately re-energized and inspired to make something myself. It's just such a burst of creative joy.

Your Red warp with the blue flecks is gorgeous 😍! You are really great with color mixing and can't wait to what other warps you come up with. Also, Very Happy Anniversary to you two, you are a lovely couple. 😊 💐🥂❤️

I love what you were doing with the wax. That is something so fun to work with. Can hardly wait for the next installment.

wow, I feel like I am getting a proper textile education following you in your studies Alexandra. I so appreciate you taking the time to document your process. I am in my 60s so likely will never attend FIT, But 40 years ago that was a dream of mine. you go girl!

the snow day was a reminder these were done months ago, lol. So much inspiration here!

It’s so enjoyable to see how your painthand wanders… Okkkkayyyyy love this color palette hard. Is it crazy for me to want to see the splash covers left after all the color mixing? Gorgeous yarn!

Loved the color palette paintings and the mixed color and material yarn! A lot of fun to watch.

Love that textured yarn! Can't wait to see the coils in some weaving!

First view, I actually saw the notification this time! 😅

I absolutely love this weave and the over all ability to do it. Idk if you have any tutorials on how to set up looms and finish them or how to weave plaid but if you do im learning to weave and these are all some problems im having learning unfortunately.

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I have been following you since your weaving videos. Although there have been a few times that CZcams has unsubscribed me without my knowledge. I also like to collect a bunch of your videos to binge as a pick-me-up!

beautiful fabric, fantastic design!

very creative!! you have a great design future ahead, so excited for you!

Thank you!!

Your so funny ⭐️

So fun to see your experiences at Convergence. The fashion show at Convergence is always one of my favorite experiences. You did WAAAY better than me on your split shed samples. I took her class at CNCH 2022 and really struggled. I took Karin Donde's class on color and weave effect at CNCH this year. I really enjoyed that one! When you are out on the West Coast it would be fun to catch up and share fiber thoughts. I can't believe you are almost done with school. Simone

Hi Andrea! I work with Dharma acid dyes for yarn dyeing and I recently read on some reddit page that it is suggested not to let your dyes sit very long in their bottles if you want the colors to stay truest and have the highest chance of striking your wool/silk at the same time. I personally just dye for my own purposes, so achieving exact color matches isn’t too important to me, but I thought I should let you know since you are working with precise colors here! Sincerely, Lydia

I e been watching since before NYC. I ended up here looking for saori weaving.

Fantastic. Love the way you take us through the whole process so simply. I am encouraged to do one myself. Thanks

I follow you on /off since you had long hair and the trip to Japan. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Love your energy and style. I am making a top/jacket like the red and white jacket that you model on the beach. My is white black and red. All the best on the last semester.

It’s been fun following along with you. I started watching several years ago, I think the first one I saw was about a handwoven jacket, when you used to go outside and lay your large pieces of cloth out on the grass to show the whole piece. Then you would lay the cloth on the floor while your cat jumped around on top of it and show how you decided to cut and sew it. It’s been fun watching your FIT experiences and congratulations on your 16 shaft Ashford! Happy weaving!

I’ve been here since the middle! LuV your inspiration❣️ Thanks for all you do and for bringing us along on your journey! 😘🤗💛✨

I have been here since some of your weaving tutorials. Even though I am more of a "traditional" weaver and less Saori, I found your videos extremely inspiring! Cannot wait to see how your last semester at FIT went.

You are just fantastic! Lovely to see you dive and tap in to your creativity and try things out. Love watching your videos. Cheering on you from Sweden!! Hope that your thesis will be a fun ride for you and a good start in portfolio for future projects! Most importat is to have fun which I see you have! <3

You got a 16-shaft loom!! Ashford is a great company and you're going to love that loom.

Been here since your beginning and will be here as long as you are ❤

I’ve been watching your vids since the beginning and I’m so excited for you on your creative journey! I’m a fiber artist and “regular “ artist and I loved your idea of the roving swatch library! I do it with paints but for some reason it never occurred to me I could make wool swatches. Thank you for letting me tag along!

Looks like you're off to a great start. What a great investment that loom is. That makes great sense.

Your homemade dye-sample binder is amazing! Such a good idea. (You look fantastic in tie-dye, too.) A guy who'll build a loom with you for hours is a keeper. Please show us how it goes when you get started weaving. I use a Kromski Harp rigid-heddle loom from Poland and I'm always interested to see what works well for other artists.

Haha I could see how Devil wears Prada is not the best movie for someone called Andrea about to start an internship. I recently watched it again at a crafty cinema night.