"Oh What a Tangled We WEAVE" AKA "Without Your Help, Dange LOOMS"

rileyray3000 — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:15:39 -0800

I need help coming up with a fabric based vacation in California. As in literally, fabric. The stuff you make socks and clothes out of. Is there such a thing? Here's the deal:

I started dating this girl who actually majored in fabric based arts in college. It's been a part of her life on and off since and is definitely part of her hobbies. She even went to Ghana to study Kente cloth.

And that's how I dug myself a hole.

Basically I went to the LA Festival of Books and passed by the booth with books produced by the school. And boom, there's a book about Kente cloth from Ghana. I hear a ding in my head and plop down the money. Then a week later I give her the book. She's floored. And in a good way. I get a pretty amazing night out of it.

FYI - Reading IS Fundamental.

But somehow in the postmortem I tell her I found out about all these activities we can do and I can't believe she didn't know about it. She lights up like a Christmas tree and says she'd love to go do these fabric related adventures with me. I say "You're on."

Now I need some fabric related adventures.

Yes, my mouth has written a check for which I currently do not have the funds to pay for. But metafilter's dug me out of these self inflicted dating holes before, hopefully I will again.

I need things to do in the LA, or, if necessary, California, or if REALLY necessary, US - that involve world fabrics or cloths in a cool unique way. Like Kente or weaving or looms or stuff like that. Clearly there's more to it and I plan on consulting the wikipedia this afternoon. But if you all have any ideas on it, please pass them along asap.

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