Loom with a View
I have Margot to thank. En route to a break in Northumberland last year we met up at her studio in Gateshead. To have dedicated space...
From fleece to thread...
Those thirty Shetland fleece made the journey in the back of my car to the Halifax Spinning Mill near Goole a couple of weeks back. What...
Where Did All That Come From?
Every craftsperson has a stash of materials and bits of equipment acquired bit by bit, not necessarily in a rational or organised way. I...
Where Did The Summer Go?
I don't know about you, but the last three months since the Summer Show seem to have flown by. In my non-weaving life, I run a hand dyed...
All Change!
Within the last two weeks I have been invited to take one of the three Bradford Graduate spots at the Saltaire Makers Fair in September....
In Praise of Software
I love my Louet Magic Dobby, partly because I feel a link to weavers in the past. Putting the pegs into the programme bars is a very...
Royal College of Art MA Textile show
On 29 June I visited the RCA textile show featuring the MA knit and weave students. Some a bit wilder and wackier than New Designers: Joe...
New Designers 2017
On 28 June I visited my Common Threads colleagues who were exhibiting at the New Designers show in London. The first thing to say is that...
Summer Show... Part 2
I blogged earlier about the Summer Show, focussing on the work displayed by the members of Common Threads, but that wasn't the only work...
Finally ... The Final Show
Earlier this month, Lin posted some photos of our work as we went about putting together the Final Show for the course (strictly...
