http://curiousweaver.id.au Passionate about Weave Textiles Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:55:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm in for Meg Nakagwa's 2010 Weave Challenge. Above are the weave sense images I will be sending to another weaver, as yet undetermined. It doesn't really matter why I choose these particular images as idea developers as the recipient will receive them in their own way based on their own ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/291 What a contraption! The AVL warping wheel is fantastic. So easy to understand and use. This is the first time I've used this tool....and it's a keeper. Essentially, it allows you to warp and beam at the same time as long as you have a sectional warping beam. Mutiple yarn cones or ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/276 Thanks to all who have offered such helpful and generous advice on my fly shuttle woes. I know I'll get it going, but in the meantime I've finished the blanket that I was strugglying to weave just in time for the birth of my newest neice - Casey Eve - yay! A nice ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/270 If you've noticed by tardiness to my blog entries it's because I've temporarily been seconded to the world of e-learning design. That is designing online courses. It  shares some similarities to textile design and processes. It's a  weaving together of different medias, rather than yarns, to create something memorable and meaningful combined with function. I'm ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/267 With another opportunity to run  a workshop with 'live' weavers  I was over the moon....and in Melbourne too. Double over the moon! Thanks to the weavers and especially Amanda  (and Mae) for being a most generous host.The workshop was fantastic. We focused on ways of warping with a horizontal warping mill, a ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/263 The Textile design and weave workshop was beyond great. It was so wonderful to have a group of students, even for such a short time,  that were excited by the prospect of learning how to create and design textiles for the first time. This is something I haven't experienced for a ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/253 I'm teaching a Beginners Weave workshop with Inkle and Saori weaving at Adult Education in Taree on Thursday (10 September)  and wanted the participants to explore textile design in a quick, easy, taster sort of way. I thought about coloured pencils and paint but the restricted time of the workshop ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/247 This week has been a great learning challenge week. Two new experiences; the fly shuttle on my Toika Loom and playing the three stringed Strumstick. Each came with their own enticing guarantee. The fly shuttle enables wide cloth to be woven which is beyond the normal human reach for the shuttle and ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/241 The recalcitrant warp from my pevious post became too twisted a short time after I began weaving.There wasn't much I could do about it and I sadly had to cut it all down and wind off the warp of 11 metres. It is certainly wasteful but more frustrating to continue ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/234 Coming through the reed, at last! I finally had a small slot of time to finish my gigantic double weave threading job and the threads started coming through the reed and forming the textile. It's looking good. You can see the two layers of fabric here and the reed marks are ... http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/229