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		<title>The insatiable urge to create</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1472</link>
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		<title>New weaves and weavers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Lyn has just started her first Saori weaving with great ideas and gusto. This is an example or her first project which uses cotton and wool &#8211; with some silk/stainless steel thrown in. I can&#8217;t wait to see it off the loom and washed. It&#8217;s a cloth full of anticipatory surprise, like many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1466</link>
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		<title>More Designs for the Body</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my newest woven garment &#8211; which I&#8217;m very happy with. Basically a &#8216;vest&#8217; style it only required 3.3 metres @ 33 cms wide. Wool, mohair, cotton and silk/stainless steel were used. The silk/stainless steel didn&#8217;t do its usual job of  &#8216;elasticizing&#8217; the woven width  as the wool shrunk to meet its width and now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1453</link>
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		<title>Art Yarns vs Weave Spontaneity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working with 2 shaft tactile weaves in the Saori philosophy has re-ignited my other passion for spinning. Well, anything to do with textiles is in the passion basket anyway. Wooldancer and EweGiveMetheKnits have given me the push with their friendly and inspiring blogs. Then co-incidently, as things do, the Online guild is hosting a blending workshop with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1447</link>
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		<title>Sheep Show 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited about confirming that I&#8217;m attending the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo &#8211; July 20 -22.  I&#8217;ll be demonstrating weave and other magical fibery creations on the lovely Saori looms and hopefully meeting lots of fellow sheep interested people &#8211; knitters, spinners, crocheters, dyers, weavers and colour lovers.  And of course anyone interested in coffee. See [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1439</link>
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		<title>Almost zero waste design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This constitutes the total waste from the garment I just designed. Almost zero waste! Some other shapes that I could have cut off to seam became a re-enforcement for the garment. This type of weave is very forgiving with the machine stitching and either straight or zig zag could be used. This is the weave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1425</link>
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		<title>The limits of reading the news on an IPAD for weavers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IPADS and other news reading apps and devices aren&#8217;t for weavers. A screen can never really double as a weft, or add to our stashes. (well maybe it could if I smashed it up and took out the microchips but at the cost of an IPAD that&#8217;s not going to happen any time soon) I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1400</link>
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		<title>Summer Saori Loom Offer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saori has just released a new folding loom! This upgraded loom is just like the SX60 but with additional features and improvements in an all wood frame.  It will retail for $1640.00. The WX60 shares all accessories with the SX60. Find out more details here. As a unique and unusual introductory offer this loom is being offered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1395</link>
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		<title>Breaking out with YELLOW!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;ve stepped out of my comfort zone to yellow! It&#8217;s so not purple. I was struck by the beauty and colours in our frangipanis and thought this could be captured in a scarf with a yellow and grey random warp. I used a mix of tussah silk, spun silk, wool and cotton. As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1385</link>
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		<title>Saori for weaving and designing textiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am an authorized dealer for Saori looms and handweaving accessories in Australia.  Saori is more than a tool for creating textiles it is also a philosophy  developed by Misao Jo in Japan. It invites community and an openess in which freedom and relaxation ensues. It doesn&#8217;t actively promote the technical aspects of traditional weaving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/1374</link>
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