Little and Large
Over the last few weeks, I have been able to indulge my passion for materials - mainly yarn, but also woven fabrics, threads, and in fact...
Sketchbook Swap Silliness
An ongoing 'project' we are undertaking as part of Common Threads is a sketchbook swap scheme. Each person has a separate sketchbook...
Book Review
I was lucky enough to receive some excellent textile based books for my birthday recently. I thought I might share my views on one of...
#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...
The soft and swift passage of time
Such a lot seems to have happened, and yet very little. There are times like that, aren't there, when one seems to have been standing...
Work in progress: Royal College of Art textile postgraduates
In January, courtesy of my friend Cathy, who works as a librarian at the RCA, I visited a show of work in progress by textile...
39 steps to weaving the Borders way
Twelve miles out in the borders last July, I arrived fresh off the sleeper from London to take part in the Heriott Watt intermediate...
Channeling Gilbert O'Sullivan
Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than...
Town and Country #2
Following on from my post on 23rd November I have now come to the 'country' part of this theme! I recently visisted Bolton Abbey in the...
Town and Country #1
Over the last few weeks I have been lucky enough to do a little bit of travelling with some amazing friends. Firstly, I spent a few days...
