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Be Bold, embrace the hi-vis and ugly colours

July 3, 2019July 4, 2019 Curiousweaver 999 Views 0 Comments

I learnt a great lesson in this past workshop. Thank you to Renita for her bold approach to colour and for letting me in on

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Weave a yarn

September 26, 2018March 2, 2019 Curiousweaver 693 Views

Inspired by a weave project using a purchased chenille type of linen yarn in Vav magazine lately, I revisted weaving of chenille yarn.  It’s so

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Japanese Textiles Sakiori rag weaving Saori Yarn 

Weavers! You are more than your rags

January 30, 2018March 2, 2019 Curiousweaver 692 Views

Weaving with rags is such a wonderful tradition. In Japan it is called sakiori.  It’s one of the few things where old and worn out

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Blog Sakiori rag weaving Saori Yarn 

Sakiori Summer Weaving

October 6, 2017March 2, 2019 Curiousweaver 898 Views

I think my summer weaving is going to be centred  around striping up fabric to weave. I really can’t feel right about throwing out old

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The Smell of Wool: Are we Missing Something?

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 Curiousweaver 590 Views 3 Comments

Back from the Bendigo Wool and Sheep show. At the 1000km mark on the way down I wondered “What was I thinking?” but it was

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The language of yarn

November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 Curiousweaver 331 Views 1 Comment

  Yarn seems to have its own interminable language. Most of the time we have to apply non-yarny and evocative words or just make them

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completed saori topCuriousweaver studio is woven together by Kaz  Madigan. A weaver for over 40 years, since 2011 she has specialised in Saori free weaving. Kaz is an accredited Saori weaving teacher in Australia.

 

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