Sometimes just weaving a smooth no hassle plain weave pattern on the non-computerised loom is just the meditative work out that I need. Especially after cramming with network and other complex drafts on my weaving software.

I know I’m lucky to have my compu-dobby and I appreciate all it does, but there is something mesmerizing about the smooth action of the countermarche and the way I connect with it when I ‘dance’ on the pedals…all without electricity!

This is a very lively warp which has been sitting on this loom for a long while. But I’ve whipped it back into action, for my holiday break, with a strange linen/silk weft which is muting the colours but weaving up nicely.

Old Bar, where I live, is full of natural inspiration for my textiles. We regularly walk the Paradise Walk , which begins at the end of the airstrip and winds down through many changes in native bush. One place- there is a grove of Livistona Australis palms, another with twisted, old, gnarled Banksia, and another covered in Australian wildflowers at the beginning of September. All leading to the mouth of the Manning river which lies like a secluded lake full of birds.

Yes inspiration and contentment in life is always beckoning here.