Handweaving Classes in East Gippsland
That's right - the Back to Back is back!I'll be in the team for East Gippsland Wool & Craft Group, and we'll be undertaking the International Back to Back Wool Challenge starting from 9am on Saturday 28th June 2025, at Liz Green Arts - 64 Bailey St Bairnsdale. So, what is the challenge? Taking the… Continue reading Back to Back wool challenge returns to Bairnsdale
So, my aim is still to weave some projects entirely from handspun... but I got impatient with finding handspun in enough quantity that was also colour coordinating, and decided to start with an easier option - handspun warp, with a commercial yarn in the weft. This meant I could use a single-coloured weft yarn that… Continue reading Weaving with Handspun (part 2)
Just a quick little update post... I have added new dates for Full Day Workshops for September and October 2021. I'm also starting to look at scheduling workshops for the summer holidays - for example a variation of the Iloomination workshop but Christmas-themed! I am hoping that I can run an intermediate tea-towel workshop soon… Continue reading New workshops added!
I have been spinning for about 3 years, and have gradually built up a stash of handspun yarn that is waiting for a suitable project. Like many with a creative mind, my Projects-To-Make list is rather long and grows at a faster rate than I can actually craft, so it's taken a while for the… Continue reading Weaving with handspun (part 1)
This week I received some exciting mail - the 2021 Woolcraft Schedule for the Australian Sheep & Wool Show held in Bendigo, VIC. The show was cancelled for 2020 and so I did not get a chance to enter any exhibits last year, but I thought this might be a good time to reflect back on my experiences from 2019...
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