#SeptTextileLove Day 18 Lines/Stripes
Still love my very first shaft-switched rug. It was a brilliant week which brought me back to weaving. Thank you Jason Collingwood –...
#SeptTextileLove Day 17: New Skills
This is at present an aspiration rather than a fact. The next textile path I wish to tread is that of millinery. If I could ever make...
#SeptTextileLove Day 16: Dyeing
Since learning of Avocado Pink I have been scouring my recipe books and freezing the skins. At last I have enough! Gentle simmering of...
#SeptTextileLove Day15: Making Connections
I find that textiles enables me to make connections with many people through many different ways. I took this photo today at the monthly...
#SeptTextileLove Day 14: Learning
As with most creative activities, working with textiles is always throwing up opportunities to learn, not always intentionally! As a...
#SeptTextileLove Day 13: Fibres
The Blue Texel Fleece I definitely wasn͛t going to buy on a recent visit to British Wool, Newtown. Washed and awaiting spinning, which...
#SeptTextileLove Day 12: Sketchbook
Common Threads exchange sketchbooks every time we meet up. We are each free to explore ideas and fill as many pages we choose before...
#SeptTextileLove Day 11: Texture
When I first really watched Sue C weave, a number of years before either of us considered the HNC st Bradford, I fell in love with the...
#SeptTextileLove Day 10: Colour
Someone once told me the tale of their being in an art class and being asked to swap palettes with the artist next to them. One had grown...
#SeptTextileLove Day 9: Pattern
Samples from my end of year show. The triangular patterns were derived from the stunning Dune House that sits on the beach near...