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Category Archives: Spinning
Spring Break Spinning
Well, Winter Sessions have finished and Spring Break brings a much needed teaching break. This was my first year teaching the Spinning and Dyeing class at Place des Arts, and along with teaching some new Intermediate Weaving workshops, I experienced … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Weaving
Tagged Bamboo, colour, Fibres West 2015, hand weaving, handspun, handwoven, Loom, Merino, Place des Arts, Scarf, Silk, Spinning, Textiles, Weaving, weaving workshop, Wool
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Linda’s Blanket
My sister Linda had always been a sassy, spunky gal, but in early July I got the call that Linda had been diagnosed with lung cancer (yes, she was a smoker), and was to undergo Chemo right away. I hopped … Continue reading
Spinning Dark and Twisty
I have been spinning this merino/tencel top from Lynne Anderson, West Coast Colour and Carding, in what she calls her dark and twisty colours. What a pleasure to spin. Colours that look, from a distance, like a … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning
Tagged Arts, colour, Craft, hand weaving, Merino, Spinning, Spinning wheel, tencel, Wool, yarn
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It’s All in the Cards
Yesterday was a fun day, spent at Brenda’s (Penelope Fibre Arts) where Kim McKenna (Claddagh Fibre Arts) taught an introductory workshop on Card Weaving. Card weaving uses a set of cards, with holes punched in the four corners. A huge … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Weaving
Tagged Arts, band weaving, card weaving, Handweaving, Loom, tablet weaving, tape weaving, woven, yarn
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A Quiet Spinning Day at Festival of the Arts
Snow has blanketed our neighbourhood, bringing calm, but making the streets a little slippery. Snow is not all that usual in the Vancouver area, with only 2 or 3 snowfalls a winter, so we really are not used to … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Weaving
Tagged Coquitlam Weavers and Spinners Guild, Festival of the Arts, Port Moody, Spinning, Spinning wheel, weavers, yarn
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It all started with Karaoke
As Karl Lagerfeld has said, “Some things never go out of fashion in the world of fashion: jeans, the white shirt, and the Chanel jacket.” Ahh, the Chanel Jacket. It’s classic, reported to be comfortable and easy to wear, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chanel Jacket, Handweaving, karaoke, Karl Lagerfeld, Linton, sewing, Spinning, tweed, Wool, woven
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Soft & Squishy
Remember this? It is now this: four yummy skeins of soft and squishy woolen spun yarn. I’m not sure what I am going to make with it yet, but loved the experience of spinning these natural coloured Moorit … Continue reading
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