The harakeke (flax | phormium tenax) plants in my garden started sending up flower stalks in December. They look impressive and the birds love the flowers but they do have a tendency to fall over and then my husband moans when he has to mow around them because I won’t let him cut them downContinue reading “Dyeing with Harakeke Seedpods”
Category Archives: Dyeing
September – Part I
Weaving At the beginning of the month I completed two pieces for an exhibition at our local community gallery. The theme of the exhibition is Connections and these two pieces were inspired by a metaphor used in Nordic countries where the red thread can refer to a shared characteristic or core theme that runs throughContinue reading “September – Part I”
August – Part 2
Weaving Not much has happened since my last post on the weaving front. I dyed some wool for upcoming projects including these gorgeous pinks. And I started warping my jack loom with some of the newly dyed yarn. All going well, there will be photos of the completed piece next month.
August – Part I
Weaving August is racing away, I don’t know how we are already over halfway through the month. The weather has been wet and cold so it’s been good to be inside weaving. First up are some photos of the double weave scarves that I mentioned in my last post. Each scarf has a wintery phraseContinue reading “August – Part I”
July
Weaving July has been and gone so I thought I’d better post here before too much of August has passed and I had forgotten what I’ve been up to. Thank goodness the photos on my phone have dates on them š I finished weaving the Monk’s Belt placemats from Season 6 of Jane Stafford’s SchoolContinue reading “July”
June
Weaving June has flown by and I’m not quite sure where all my time went. At the beginning of the month I took part in a Pop-Up Artists in Residence event at the Franklin Arts Centre which was good fun. I took a couple of looms, a rigid heddle for visitors to play on andContinue reading “June”
The rest of May
Weaving I have finished weaving a couple more of the double weave accordion books, one with four sections and one with six. Handwoven using 2 ply corriedale yarn dyed with harakeke seedpods, the books are fun to play with and rearrange into new shapes. Rufus We have gone to the beach at low tide aContinue reading “The rest of May”
May 2022 so far
Weaving The tea towels in the last post have been washed but still need to be hemmed. There has been much moving of stuff and rearranging looms in my studio so not much actual weaving. I have finished the double weave projects on my table loom and have a few ideas on what to doContinue reading “May 2022 so far”
April Part 2
Weaving I have finished weaving the warp from Season 6 Episode 2 of Jane Stafford’s School of Weaving. I love the colours and patterns and once I get around the hemming them all I’m looking forward to using some of these tea towels in my kitchen. Weaving continues on the double weave warp on myContinue reading “April Part 2”
April – Part 1
The big news this month is that we have a new member of our whÄnau. Rufus is a Spangold Retriever, also known as an English Springer Spaniel – Golden Retriever cross. He is 10 weeks old and full of beans when he’s awake. Consequently weaving has taken a bit of a back seat since Rufus’Continue reading “April – Part 1”
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