tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67567774749320765302024-03-14T09:05:05.539+00:00Homecrafts UnlimitedWeaving spinning and fibre art website.Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-30712855992642353252021-05-17T22:25:00.001+01:002021-05-17T22:25:33.233+01:00Up and running again....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03ks4dbIGx9AZEzayrbmh7hrj_0kTEL1vOTWOcnuFBAHUfMUv5euM_rqMXaD2I0qiOdEOyFQmlpkWsXB6sP_uVP77K72-ArfEEVoVNtNhGPa7-M5ZF8LOgmTa37ufpjhmU1q5JwZHhsU/s5184/IMG_3769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03ks4dbIGx9AZEzayrbmh7hrj_0kTEL1vOTWOcnuFBAHUfMUv5euM_rqMXaD2I0qiOdEOyFQmlpkWsXB6sP_uVP77K72-ArfEEVoVNtNhGPa7-M5ZF8LOgmTa37ufpjhmU1q5JwZHhsU/w300-h400/IMG_3769.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>Today is a red-letter day, when we can start to resume a more normal lifestyle. Lockdown restrictions mean more freedom, lets hope the dark days of isolation are behind us. It's been a time for reflection, and doing things we havn't had time to do. I have spun a lot of wool, and some Alpaca, some old projects that had been shelved have been finished, and true to say that some of the enthusiasm for making those has gone, but they were nevertheless finished. I found some Shetland fibres, and a pattern book, so spun all the Shetland and hand knitted a hat. I have plenty of yarn left to make something else, perhaps to use it with another spun yarn so it will make a wearable item (sweater, cardigan, etc.), I shall search for a pattern, or maybe just write my own.</p><p>I have made some mice with very fine yarns, all colours. I think too, they have been searching for freedom. </p><p>I've made a number of sweaters, mostly for children, since last November. I think more than10, but my yarn stash is not much depleted, there will be enough left to make more for the children for next winter. I've made Star-wars figures in crochet, I'll photograph them and post them next time.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1THpfmn258SLRZ0dh7bs-_MDOZapNOMOdqHF2SITbjEfp0ELKGFv0mCPzp9D_r-NeNO_HpuPdtmvx4CxxMyb5UcTQRaZUplyTYXBZBKExMxhIFPbujlA3XjiQLmDdBFZoHarEj6ktGdE/s5184/IMG_3767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1THpfmn258SLRZ0dh7bs-_MDOZapNOMOdqHF2SITbjEfp0ELKGFv0mCPzp9D_r-NeNO_HpuPdtmvx4CxxMyb5UcTQRaZUplyTYXBZBKExMxhIFPbujlA3XjiQLmDdBFZoHarEj6ktGdE/w150-h200/IMG_3767.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXhS219gdtkRr3KM6xElFH2bOuoiRJkuM-Ed9yhG5ujm6PDCxDScyfRMVBwiIo7KbuWwqJTGgaGckV9gMRAwGqIvSzExAbXVFuMlE_DmTBSukfysiGVocO85_d94pqMR5zEJC80HNCRo/s5184/IMG_2717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXhS219gdtkRr3KM6xElFH2bOuoiRJkuM-Ed9yhG5ujm6PDCxDScyfRMVBwiIo7KbuWwqJTGgaGckV9gMRAwGqIvSzExAbXVFuMlE_DmTBSukfysiGVocO85_d94pqMR5zEJC80HNCRo/s320/IMG_2717.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UgaZh4rkmYtARgikv_f-hn5-e5uQIwZVgTHiejtOpUFAEq4n_JBl8i7c_WIBdnUbmoI_BmlNUBZ_ZMfZavUNwmLppCTk8zuvke68bNM84wwld-3i1mlUrfTX36lYNI5Hy127X_1uxio/s5184/IMG_3771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UgaZh4rkmYtARgikv_f-hn5-e5uQIwZVgTHiejtOpUFAEq4n_JBl8i7c_WIBdnUbmoI_BmlNUBZ_ZMfZavUNwmLppCTk8zuvke68bNM84wwld-3i1mlUrfTX36lYNI5Hy127X_1uxio/w150-h200/IMG_3771.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-65184635637039042192020-06-25T21:45:00.001+01:002020-06-25T21:55:31.167+01:00The North Yorkshire Moors Project<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The latest project, designed on the North Yorkshire Moors, in August, when the heather is out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The purple heather, in full bloom. August 2019</td></tr>
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T<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">he
warp for the design is 108cms wide on the Toika loom. It is created to
be woven as an undulating twill, with random colourways, taken from the
heather and surrounding moorland. The resultant piece will be a 'throw'
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">The handspun wool for this project was dyed with acid dyes. </span></span>Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-46996441909406961762018-06-15T21:34:00.000+01:002018-06-15T21:34:23.330+01:00Gladstone Bag<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-8963329362055665612018-05-31T23:17:00.000+01:002018-05-31T23:17:08.132+01:00Woven fabric, the latest....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been using wool to make a point draft weave with a twill structure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next picture shows the threading up. It's quite a tedious process, accuracy is paramount, but careful work results in an accurate and successful weaving.</span><br />
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Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-16049849071800680742018-05-18T20:47:00.004+01:002018-05-18T20:47:52.761+01:00'Waves', the stole.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;">The stole was woven in kingfisher blue mohair, white hand-spun Alpaca and Cashgora, with the warp made from royal blue Cashgora, as was the long fringe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-18629881975331783462018-05-10T21:49:00.001+01:002018-05-10T21:51:47.204+01:00Hanging Grimston Exhibition<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are some pictures from the 'Art and Archaeology Exhibition' from July 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">It was a Community Arts Project, with many items of artwork on show inspired by the archaeology and landscape at Hanging Grimston, the site of a deserted Mediaeval village that was being excavated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The theme of my work was 'the Wolds', and the colours taken from photographs of the May countryside, with the trees and fields showing fresh spring green with bright yellow oil seed rape in adjoining fields. Dark shadows provided contrast with sheep grazing the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two cushions woven with a different weave structure, and complimentary machine knitted pieces made up into pleasing examples.</span><br />
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Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-21369794177871594372018-04-30T21:21:00.001+01:002018-04-30T21:21:28.350+01:00Update, April 2018<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot has happened since my last post. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After gaining a HNC in Weaving at Bradford College Art School I now have a working studio, and established teaching of spinning. Commissions and experimental work in machine knitting combined with weaving, creating exciting new textures to compliment and contrast, making cushions, rugs and throws. More on that later, when I will feature some of the latest designs with pictures on this web-site. Watch this space!</span>Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-88980306577824930382014-11-10T13:37:00.001+00:002014-11-10T13:37:13.588+00:00November update<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLj3HM7HrDeHh1K7iqaFpIF0vtij6AOW1AKOzVnyvT1NxC_X1Kw1vkcQGMbOfgNy6W9XP9DU0tCkZXXYmg2ngdgt5KR_dfUnhQntk_40VDcYk1rGwGLiDHIYGngxTd2TbdSZuU-9u6RKc/s1600/Gillian's%2Bcushion%2B%2BWP_20141010_006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLj3HM7HrDeHh1K7iqaFpIF0vtij6AOW1AKOzVnyvT1NxC_X1Kw1vkcQGMbOfgNy6W9XP9DU0tCkZXXYmg2ngdgt5KR_dfUnhQntk_40VDcYk1rGwGLiDHIYGngxTd2TbdSZuU-9u6RKc/s1600/Gillian's%2Bcushion%2B%2BWP_20141010_006.jpg" height="320" width="179" /></a>It's a while since I last posted, so I thought I would share a picture of a cushion I have made recently, using a piece of fabric woven in wool (mostly), with machine knitted borders in the same fibres that I used in the weaving.<br />
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The result is lovely, the 20" square cushion. When fulled and stitched together, with 'snap fastener' tapes sewn into the enclosure, it has been a success, a method I shall repeat. A small fairisle band was incorporated into a border, outlined in a pick-up technique of dark brown wool like a piping roll. The resulting fabrics is lovely and soft.<br />
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The reverse side is equally interesting with different bands of weaves running across the panel.<br />
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I have done a lot of spinning, with occasional dyeing sessions, producing some very interesting colours. <br />
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Knit and Stitch show, Harrogate, is coming up at the end of this month, so another boost to the enthusiasm in these dull autumn days.<br />
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I should add, that I have completed the HNC textiles course at Bradford, Graduation is at the beginning of December.<br />
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I will post some more soon (promise...!!), as I have a lot of projects on the go, with some interesting developments in my search for local and interesting fleece to process for spinning. Machine knitting too, is taking an upturn, with interest from enthusiasts in this area.</span><div align="left">
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Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-35221580457399412792014-06-04T10:59:00.002+01:002014-06-04T10:59:55.550+01:00The last lap...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Conclusion is fast approaching of a two year exciting trip along 'learning lane'. Samples are woven, final pieces prepared and ready for showing, and my head is buzzing with last minute things to do.<br />
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Here is a picture of the final collection.<br />
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The feathers pattern is more clearly seen on the left.<br />
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A thick fringe borders the throw which is in gold, rust, dark brown, black and grey bits picked out here and there.<br />
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The black cushion below is a chevron designed pattern, using the same warp as the above cushion but threaded in a point draft.<br />
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(Yes, it took some doing, especially when faced with a lovely block weave I'd just used, and then I pulled it back through the heddles and re-threaded.) Cashmere was used in the borders and some of the alternate warp threads re-threaded in brilliant yellow Cashmere. The result is quite striking.<br />
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I have some warp left on both my looms, this is for 'playtime' when I let caution to the wind and attempt weaves just for fun, just to see what bizarre weave structures I can create. <br />
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Family have been neglected so I must visit them. The garden is in a mess - partly due to all the rain and mostly because I've been giving weaving all my attention...., and the house needs cleaning throughout following building work now completed. No time to get bored!<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Assessment looms up</span> at Bradford College. Pieces have been woven, a series of four - and are being made into items for display.<br />
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It's been an adventure, with many ups and downs, the learning curve steep and knowledge base added to ceaselessly. The wool I have been using recently is an amazing product, I have grown fond of using it and learnt that it has a mind of its own, which reflects the animal it came from. Being springy, warm, stretchy and accepting of being coloured, together with amazing resilience to being tugged and pulled in all directions and then after fulling coming alive with a softness and 'handle' that is a delight to see and so tactile.<br />
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I will post pictures of the final products shortly, they are being sewn together and need fringes making.<br />
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The source of my project - the pheasant, is nowhere to be seen now, he's away guarding the 'misses' on the nest. His place has been taken in the garden by noisy starlings, crowds of chattering sparrows, squabbling greenfinches, hungry blackbirds and a whole raft of other varieties all vying for the bird-table food and other delightful finds in the garden. They have lovely colours and plumage, providing a tempting palate of design ideas, have you spotted a goldfinch recently, they're amazing? No shortage of inspiration there. The soft colours of wool suit this interpretation admirably.</div>
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Spring has spring, the daffodils have been amazing and giving way to tulips with their scarlet heads, birds going crazy in the garden flying to and fro, bleatings drifting from the distant fields as new lambs chase and jump. It's a lovely time of year! Weaving is going on in my sun lounge at a fast pace. Here is a picture of some samples I'm working on.<br />
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I am currently using Shetland wool, which changes so much with fulling, even different colours shrink and full slightly differently from the same quality.<br />
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It's exciting and a little unpredictable. The result is nice and soft.<br />
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Watch this space for the final finished piece!<br />
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Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-16089491343104517752014-03-05T22:45:00.000+00:002014-03-05T22:45:03.143+00:00March update<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A feather pen and ink drawing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's our winter resident.<br />
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Well, here we are in March and I haven't put an update on here since January...., where has the time gone. Needless to say, I've done quite a bit of weaving, and my next project is based on this feathered friend that keeps peering at me from the lawn, through the window. When I make a move to photograph him he scuttles! But, I did get one or two pictures, and based my next project on him, and his friends. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bird is making a hasty retreat after seeing my camera.</td></tr>
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I have used the colours of the pheasants in my latest project, browns, tan, white, fawn, teal blue and Lincoln green. There aren't two alike, they have caused a dilemma recently as their colours have become more vibrant and made my original warp look dull, oh well, that's a challenge to overcome.<br />
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Here is my latest warp, which has a long way to go.<br />
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I have lots of ideas for creating fabrics in wool, based on the above birds.<br />
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Come back to my page soon, for an update on the results.<br />
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Here is a piece I was working on earlier this month, it is woven in wool - mostly Shetland, with some silk.</div>
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Work is continuing on experimental, and College work. I will post my next source for design soon, I am working on it together with sourcing wool - my favourite weave fibre. </div>
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Hand knitting has slipped into my agenda on these dark January evenings, and a look at the knitting machine again, it beckons, I think it will come out of wraps soon...! More on that later.</div>
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<br />Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-87769624320476452992013-12-29T22:34:00.001+00:002013-12-29T22:34:33.960+00:00Seasons Greetings, everyone...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sample from my last project</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cushion - finished!</td></tr>
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Well, this is the interim between Christmas and New Year. Time to reflect, take stock of what's been done, and what I need to plan.<br />
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I am still thinking about the next pieces of work to be woven, again shifting thoughts and changing ideas abound, end products and suitable weaves to achieve this are being explored, source ideas considered with yarn stash taken into account! Hmmmm!! <br />
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New Year will be decision time. All the best to everyone who reads this...., watch this space. My next source idea might not be what was planned in 2013. Cheers!Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-70460467471040764502013-12-13T23:00:00.000+00:002013-12-13T23:00:02.867+00:00Guess where I've been this weekend...?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mooning sheep!?</td></tr>
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So far it's been another busy weekend here at Bradford, tutorials and a visit to Moons in Guiseley, which was a wonderful experience (for a weaver). The speed and accuracy of the weaving looms was astonishing!<br />
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The weaving looms stretched across the floor of the factory as far as the eye could see, producing a wide range of woollen cloth in beautifully blended colours.<br />
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Finishing in various ways changed how the finished cloths looked and felt.<br />
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The first piece woven on my Toika Eeva floor loom, in hand-spun Wensleydale, dyed in natural woad. A 5ft long scarf with fringe was the result, soft and very wearable.</div>
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Cushion Cover</h3>
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A textural piece, designed with wool and silk, woven on the sample loom, a Louet combo 8-shaft.</div>
Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-12913678456552706492013-12-08T17:47:00.000+00:002013-12-08T17:47:09.776+00:00A warp in the making..... wool and silks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This latest warp has been worked on - watch this space for the finished item!</div>
<br />Liz Smedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134212192585298095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756777474932076530.post-57204245482852602522013-12-08T17:46:00.000+00:002013-12-08T17:46:43.632+00:00Christmas is coming and so is the deadline....!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the left over warp from the last project, finished to make a table runner, in 'cotolin'. It is in double-weave, with fine fringe and completely reversible. I'm beavering away on the next project, nearly there, dogged by poor internet connection and niggly interruptions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">More piccies coming up soon of the final pieces, now to launch this blog. This is a challenge for me! I await the result...!?</span><br />
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