Writer. Maker. Musician.

Hello and welcome!

My name is Megan Adam. I’m a professional communicator and president of my union local by day. In my free time I am active in community, craft, music, and creating a home with my partner Brian on Gabriola Island in British Columbia. 

I have blogged here as Red Cedar since 2004, and before that on Livejournal for a couple of years (those archives have gone into the ether) Over those last 18+ years my interests have changed quite a lot.

Subjects I write about these days include weaving, violin-playing, sewing, knitting, power-lifting, books, canning and cooking, community politics and Zen Buddhism. Over the years I have also written about mental health, homesteading and gardening, environmental politics, philosophy, urban living and cycling. Whatever I do, I also write about.

I welcome comments and connections via the blog interface, or email and can be reached at Megan dot e dot adam *at* gmail.com and all my projects are found at All Things Megan Adam.

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I finally wove a table runner to go with my china and couldn't be happier with how it turned out after finishing! 5/2 mercerized cotton sett at 15 ends per inch makes a fantastic cloth for this purpose. Looking forward to designing a couple more runners in different colour and pattern schemes in the new year in hopes of manifesting an end to the pandemic and more gatherings! #weavingdesign #textilestudio #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever
I tend to shy away from what I perceive as "coffee table books" about making. Not because handwork isn't worthy of beautiful pictorials but because I tend to spend my cash on weaving manuals and materials. When I am not sure the category a book falls into for me, I try to take it out of the library first, which is what I did with this book by @melaniefalick - Making A Life. Turns out this is so much more than an ode to the aesthetics of making but contains some of the smartest and most touching interviews I have ever read on the subject of makers and their lives. So much reflection and inspiration here! Upon returning the library copy, I did purchase one for myself so I can return to these wise words as often as I want. Highly reccomend. #texilestudio #weaversofinstagram #makingalife #readersofinstagram
I dyed yarn in many warm shades this summer, and now I've wound it into cakes in preparation for making warp chains and weft bobbins. Fifteen colours, each with their own spot in the sectional warp beam! #texilestudio #naturaldye #weavingdesign #weaverfever #weaversofinstagram
I'm here to share this #knit cowl with you, made from yarn that I dyed with #naturaldye this summer, bit also to let you know ow that a new issue of my newsletter has dropped over at www.comfortfortheapocalypse.com. in this issue I discuss a favourite chair, share a soup recipe, and point out three thing I think are worth reading. Also some weaving! #writersofinstagram #knittersofinstagram #weaversofinstagram #texilestudio #essayist
I did a thing today and sold a piece of weaving for the first time ever. Ten feet of table runner (commissioned by someone I've known since early childhood) is now in its forever home. I've always balked at selling my work but I have to say it feels pretty good! #weavingdesign #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever #textilestudio
Cloth for the table runner coming along nicely. This shadow weave is slow going but I am loving how it is turning out (backside showing here) #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever #textilestudio #cloth
Preparing a new warp for the #glimakrajulia loom. I dread sleying the dark colours at this time of year but hope my new #ottlite daylight lamp will make the job easier. #texilestudio #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever #gabriolaislandmaker
Some nubbley colour to finish off this warp. #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever #texilestudio #gabriolaislandmaker
Today on my blog at red-cedar.ca I write about the things we tolerate instead of fixing them, like this weird lighting arrangement in my studio! Bringing attention to small improvements can have big impacts on the way we work and how much enjoyment we get from our spaces. What are you tolerating instead of fixing? With thanks to @jill.margo for her creative coaching support and helping me bring attention to my seasonal rhythms! #textilestudio #weaversofinstagram #writersofinstagram #gabriolaislandmaker
I don't do much in the way of embroidery (or "fancy work" as it was called in my house growing up), but I am drawn to cool books about hand stitching nonetheless. The book #mysticalstitches by @christijay showed up in the mailbox this week and I am encouraged to break out my good needles again! I love the combination of accessible instructions, intention setting exercises, and the treasury of symbols that can be incorporated into any project. A very thoughtful addition to modern #embroidery! #textilestudio, #handstitching #magick
I tend to do short warps (6 yards or so) because as soon as I start the weaving on a project, I pretty much immediately want to design the next. Halfway through the boucle towels and I am thinking of weaving some towels in these colours. #weavingdesign #textilestudio #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever
When your good friends are also textile workers.... lichen as a hostess gift! This massive single piece of lobaria pulmonaria was wildrafted and given to me by @heather.truestitches on Saturday night. So grateful! #naturaldyeing #lichendye #textilestudio

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