Curiousweaver…about handweaving
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Running with little ones
If you have been reading my blog for any length of time you’ll be familiar with the January family time. So the little ones invade the studio with weaving ideas. Their keenness is infectious! Even a cone of yarn creates the fervour of something that adults forget…or do you? Can you run around the house…
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Adieu 2019
I had a lovely day workshop to finish 2019. Four participants filled with colour fun and ideas. Even if you’ve never seen a loom before Saori weaving is quite the excitement. The best way of showing you our workshop is in images! Thank you to all of the participants who helped may our last day…
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The Art Yarn Maker
The Saori Art Yarn Maker is a nifty, addictive and playful tool to keep you making your own yarns for weaving. It helps you create short lengths of unique yarn using the on board bobbin winder on the Saori loom. Basically you tie together several lengths of yarn and attach them at one end to…
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December Workshop
Another workshop finishes leaving me alone in the studio but enriched by the energy and artistic approaches of the group over the weekend. Yet another really nice group of weavers. All had woven at some time in their lives and just took to the Saori approach with a zest of creativity. I always load up…
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Japan Stories
First stop Osaka I think that overall Osaka might be one of my favourite places. It’s taken a little time to get to know but with the help of guides we were able to explore more there. First was an adventure to a yarn shop – Teyoria. We walked several kms to get there which…
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Old Bar Bushfires and Textile responses
We’ve been in the bushfires and although all of Old Bar and Wallabi townships were saved there isn’t much left around us and many others have lost their homes in our area. Wildlife loss has also been immense. In the nearly 40 years I’ve been in Old Bar nothing like this or even near this…
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Easy to Weave, Easy to Stitch
Perhaps this is a post that doesn’t need to be written up. But this little easy garment is one of the most made in Curiousweaver Studio. It’s for when you want a change from a scarf, something quick, something useful and versatile and something that shows off your individual Saori style. Recently I had correspondence…
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First Spring Workshop
Our first Spring workshop was filled with yarny ideas into the woven Saori cloth. A good omen for the new season of weaving. I find that weaving interest is strongest in Winter, when we’re looking to keep warm and sometimes inside more, then waning towards Summer when the water, swimming and keeping cool is the…
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Sketch a Weave – The Drought
As I’ve started my weave sketch book I find it’s bringing up new ideas for describing themes or issues that we are living through. In NSW and Queensland there is currently a very severe drought. You can see the current state in NSW here from NSW Dept Primary Industries. We recently did a trip out…