Spring is here, my new Spring II loom!
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More Green Cotton
Playing with Space
While I’m in between floor looms, I’ve gone back to my rigid heddle loom. The past couple of weeks I’ve been playing with empty space, leaving gaps in both warp and weft as I weave.
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This year I again took on the challenge of participating in the International Scarf Exchange. The exchange is run by a different weaving guild each year, and this year the task was taken on by several guilds in the Shoalhaven area of New South Wales. Each participant sends in 150 grams of fibre. You receive someone else’s fibre and you make them a scarf (or shawl, socks etc.). I received three shades of naturally coloured corriedale fibre that I spun up into laceweight yarn.
Continue reading “International Scarf Exchange”Green Cotton
A while back I posted about some natural coloured handspun cotton. The tan coloured cotton was marketed as “green” – but it didn’t really look green. Then I found out what I was missing – the cotton needed to be treated to bring out the natural green colour. The trick was to soak the cotton in ammonia!
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It’s been a while since my last post. It’s not that I’ve stopped crafting, so in this post I’ll catch you up with what I’ve been spinning.
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I usually try to avoid having too many sweets in the house. As I’ve been often told, “exposure leads to consumption”! However it’s always fun to learn new skills, so when my daughter suggested a cooking class at New Farm Confectionery, I was up for the challenge and we signed up for the class.
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Last weekend we took advantage of our freedom (and the fact that we are no longer ruled by the academic calendar) to drive up to the Granite Belt. We had a lovely 4 and a half days driving through beautiful country where we tasted wine, cheese, truffles and more.
Continue reading “A Weekend Break”Huck Lace Rerun
The previous set of Huck towels were so much fun, I had to try again. This time in green and natural cotton. I wanted to make a slight change to the draft – you can see it by comparing these two towels:
Continue reading “Huck Lace Rerun”Verdant
What a perfect name for this colour! Verdant was the October 2020 offering from Southern Cross Fibre Club. I love David’s colour sense, and the fibre is always lovely and easy to spin. This one is Falkland wool, which is nice and springy.
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