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In Praise of Threads
For me, creativity is taking a simple length of thread and creating something marvelous from it. Or, if not something marvelous, then at least something useful! Now, my attempts to manipulate thread can be as messy or as beautiful as … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Surface Design, Weaving
Tagged colour, cotton, embroidery, hand weaving, handspun, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, napkins, Roving, Scarf, Spinning wheel, sunset, Textile, Textiles, Warp
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I Never Felt More Like Spinning the Blues
So the 1950’s song by Guy Mitchell (I never felt more like singing the blues) was running through my brain as I was spinning this beautiful fibre: a luxury blend of 60& Merino wool, 20% Yak, and 20% silk, Hand … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Spinning and Yarn shops
Tagged colour, handspun, Merino, Silk, Spinning, Spinning wheel, yak
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Denim Dreams
Every textile, fibre, or yarn that moves through my hands sparks a thought, a memory, an emotion or a flight of imagination. I get lost and my mind wanders, following the thread . . . . . . I have … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Spinning
Tagged blue jeans, blues, colour, denim, dreaming, handspun, life reflections, Spinning, Spinning wheel, Textile, Wool, yarn
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Intermission
I took a short intermission from weaving and spinning to try my hand at surface design. These cute little bird mats were made through the use of transfer dying. Transfer dyeing only works on polyester fabric. The image is coloured, … Continue reading
Posted in Surface Design
Tagged colour, creativity, embroidery, fabric painting, machine quilting, Surface Design, table runner, transfer printing
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October Wrap-up
Sorry, I wasn’t able to weave any towels in October simply because the end of September and all of October were extremely busy for me, but all in a good way. I give you here, all of the exciting learning … Continue reading
September Towels At Last
The September towels are such a great representation of Autumn. Easy weaving, in Turned Monk’s Belt, since all the work is in the warping. Once on the loom they wove up quickly and it was an easy pattern to … Continue reading
Posted in knitting, Spinning, Weaving
Tagged Autumn, colour, Craft, hand weaving, handwoven, Roving, Spinning, tea towels, towel of the month, Turned Monk's Belt, Warp, woven, yarn
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Icelandic Sheep fleece study
I joined a spinning study group – two days to focus on spinning fleece from one breed of sheep. Our study for September 2015 was Icelandic Sheep. What a lovely range of colours. Judith presented background information on the history … Continue reading
