Category Archives: Art

Phew! I am sooooo glad that I’ve finished this warp, the problems at the start made it feel like the project was dragging on a little but too long. The problems I was having did go away and the second … Continue reading →

I want to mark here, the death of my cat Lucy at 16 years of age. I was still at university when I went to the South Hobart Cats Home with my flatmates to pick out a kitten. I wanted … Continue reading →

This was intended to be a quick little towel warp and I wanted to focus on fun stuff like treadle tie ups and adjustments. But with this loom, with this warp, with this project; I had problems with draw in … Continue reading →

This has happened in my life since I last posted: It is a Glimakra Standard Counterbalance loom with 120cm weaving width, 8 shafts and 10 treadles (actually 9 treadles because as one is missing).  I am very excited and a … Continue reading →

This was meant to be a stash busting project; busting all my stash of 8ply knitting wool that I probably wont knit. The problem was: Most of my stash was used up in the warp which was 3.5m long and … Continue reading →

The yarn was chosen by Jasper and given to me for my birthday. I wove it into a scarf and gave it back to Jasper 😀 Self striping sock yarn looks great in a weave!

I bought a beautiful grey sheeps fleece – oh how I love to sniff wool – its my kind of heaven.  I washed, carded and spun. Then I wove. This is a huck draft. And the red was a happy … Continue reading →