Curiousweaver…about handweaving
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Sketch a weave a day…or week…or month
Thank you so much to all of you who responded to ‘Weave with me‘. I’m keeping things relaxed and easy going so we can just enjoy our work as we can fit it into our lives. Weaving is too important to make it a stressed must do process. Viv from Tasmania responded almost immediately and…
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Weave with Me! Sketch a daily Saori weave
An invitation Weaving is like any other artistic practice which needs a practice behind it. Saori weaving really is a practice for the hands, mind and body. The process is the practice. In Saori weaving we really don’t sample as we would in more conventional approaches to weaving. We just weave in the moment and…
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Make a Saori Cushion Cover
I often get asked about cushions and how to make them with Saori cloth. Generally any cushion approach will work with Saori Cloth. My favourite is the cushion with a zip in it for easy care. But some people prefer not to muck around with zips and sew an envelope cushion. You’ll need a little…
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Workshop for Kyogle/Casino Weavers
The Kyogle/Casino group was a joy to have in the studio. As they were already established weavers they had a weavers’ eye to their work. Kyogle district is about five hours away and their weekend weaving trip produced wonderful weaves. I hope their time here will trigger an explosion of handwoven textiles when they get…
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More Winter Clothes
There are times when cloth rolls off the looms and others where they are either in stasis or pending. This week caught some rolling off. This cloth is from ‘Be Bold, embrace the hi-vis and ugly colours‘. I love the autumn tones of the cloth and wrapped it around the mannequin lots of times to…
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Heathering the Squid
I’m back to the squid design again on a cloth that I really wasn’t comfortable weaving at first until I heathered the yarns. The warp was a clumsy mix of blues and striping effects in tans. A good combination I thought when I went with it but it just didn’t feel right once the shuttle…
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A week of weaverly wonder – Sturt Winter School
And yet again…Sturt’s total weave textile five day winter school is over. A wonderful mix of participants and an emerging Saori inspired woven textile community. This years mix had the international flavour with a couple of Kiwis. There were several brand new weavers, and some were returnees to Sturt which was delightful. There was alot…
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Be Bold, embrace the hi-vis and ugly colours
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 what she was weaving! This was Renita’s colour palette for her weaving. What would you add to lift it again?? We could use a white or yellow which would sit…
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Winter Workshops in June
Another very full and weaverly weekend workshop has come and gone in the studio. I’m not sure where to begin but provide the evidence here in photos which never really do the weekend full justice. It was an interstate affair with Victorians, a Queenslander, a semi local and a local. Weavers are prepared to travel…