I’ve been writing an end-of-year post summarising what I’ve gotten up to and any reflections since at least 2014, shortly after I started blogging. I really enjoy having a little reminisce, and having the posts to look back at, so am doing the same this year despite it being February already! A holiday normally spurs […]
Having woven using cotton and wool yarns, I thought it would be a good next challenge to try weaving with linen yarn. I still struggle to work out the required amounts and weights of yarn for my weaving projects, and wanted to start my linen weaving with a small project, so opted to follow Amanda
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At the start of August, I attended my fourth Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Summer School. The summer schools take place biennially with the location moving around the country – this year’s was in Edinburgh, at Queen Margaret University. There were 18 courses taking place in total and 246 attendees. I was
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In 2023, I attended a week-long course in weaving double cloth fabric with Margo Selby, at an Association of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Summer School. We warped our looms in advance of the class, and spent the week sampling different patterns and colours. I especially liked the checkerboard patterns I wove that week and decided
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I attended my first weaving class in 2019, a week-long class at an Association of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers summer school. Despite buying a table loom after the class, I didn’t do any weaving (unless you count a couple of failed attempts at warping) until I attended a second week-long summer school in 2021. Friends
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Back in 2021, I purchased an issue of Little Looms magazine (Summer 2021 edition), tempted by the idea of weaving shoelaces. I’ve been thinking about attempting those shoelaces ever since, and finally made the effort to learn how over the Christmas holiday. The pattern, by John Mullarkey, uses tablet weaving (using cards to manipulate the yarn), which
I’ve uploaded a new vlog about what I’ve been up to this month, including the tweed and tartan weaving course I attended a few weeks ago. View it below or via my YouTube channel: Mentioned in the vlog: The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers summer school My weaving tutor, Jan Beadle Textiles
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In the last few years, I’ve become fairly involved with the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers. I sit on the General Purpose Committee (since 2016), produce the Association’s monthly newsletter and manage the social media accounts (including the Instagram account). The Association has a very traditional structure where membership is to a
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Last Saturday was the annual Open Day of the Birmingham Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, where I am a member. The open day includes an exhibition of items produced by Guild members which have been woven, spun or dyed. The Guild are a very talented group and I snapped a few photos of some of
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This is my first attempt at weaving, using a children’s loom kit and off-cuts from recent sewing projects, retrieved from my scraps bin. The children’s loom only allows for a small number of warp threads so I’ve made a larger loom and I’m planning a larger weaving with my naturally dyed yarns. Elsewhere ♥ Are you
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