Handweaving Classes in East Gippsland
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!
The final step of weaving your cloth is (usually) to give it a wash - wet finishing. Depending on your fibre and intended use of the cloth you might have different aims for your wet finishing. Maybe you don't want it to change much and just want to give it a quick and gentle soak… Continue reading Wet Finishing and Fulling
I had some fun this week picking out colour combinations for the upcoming Houndstooth weaving workshops. It's a very striking, classic colour pattern and I love how it looks so effective and impressive while being really very simple. The trick is getting a good amount of contrast between your colours (and it applies to other… Continue reading Choosing Colours for Houndstooth
I've received some very exciting packages this past week and have been busy with the sandpaper, paintbrushes and varnish. I'm building up my fleet of rigid heddle looms with the aim of getting some workshops running in late November &/or early December. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHrjxYOJmJA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I will have two beginner level workshops ready to start with -… Continue reading Exciting things looming ahead…
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