#SeptTextileLove Day 13: Colourâ €
â € As someone whose priority is texture rather than colour, I commend this dress by Sandra Backlund as a prime example of how colour can...
#SeptTextileLove Day 12: Unravelling
During a recent tidy up, I discovered some experimental blanks a friend knitted up for me last year so I could play about with gradient...
#SeptTextileLove Day 11: Magazines/Blog
We've all been there; you're happily going through your day as planned and then something unexpected creates a delay and, horror of...
#SeptTextileLove Day 10: Structure
I was going back through some technical files from the first year of the Bradford Course and found these. It was the first time I had...
#SeptTextileLove Day 9: Fibre
16 months ago we lost a beloved member of our group. I am lucky enough to have some of her yarn, which I keep in a special, clear lidded,...
#SeptTextileLove Day 8: Making (video)
Today I was demonstrating spinning at Malpas Yesteryear Rally and of course, forgot to ask my fellow Cheshire Guild members to video me....
#SeptTextileLove Day 7: Texture
This is really a piece of whimsy, putting two very textured things together to make something else. The romanesco cauliflower, whose...
#SeptTextileLove Day 6: Historical
Dress, Silk, lace, pearl c.1870â € Made by Alexander Scott, Crown Street Halifaxâ € â € This exquisite dress is on display in Bankfield...
#SeptTextileLove Day 5: Sketchbook
I love my sketchbooks. Sometimes they are the seeds of weave designs, developed from a specific source or sources for a collection. At...
#SeptTextLove Day 4: Damage/Repair
The happy-to-be-on-show repair to my apron pocket that was damaged when it caught on a door handle. Some repairs need to be invisible;...
