by StaceyHB | Oct 17, 2010 | Life, Nature, Philosophy
By now, you know the fascination I have with cobwebs. The variety and beauty of them have been really striking over the last few weeks, including a wonderful image of a lacrosse racket created by two cowparsley stems with a web suspended between them! I was admiring...
by StaceyHB | Oct 13, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
In last weeks’ blog, I showed you how to interchange the two layers, something double cloth weavers of more than 4 shafts are probably quite familiar with. This week, I’ll show you how you can use the weft stitching to create the textural impact you...
by StaceyHB | Oct 10, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Travel, Weaving
I was in London earlier this week to review the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers ‘Diamond’ exhibition, celebrating their 60th year. The exhibition is only on for 1 week, so by the time you read this, you’ll be unlikely to be able to...
by StaceyHB | Oct 6, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
I wrote last week about the most familiar version of stitched double cloth – where a single warp end from one of the two layers is woven in with one pick of the other layer, so tieing the two cloths together at that point. There are other ways to achieve a...
by StaceyHB | Oct 3, 2010 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Last weekend a group of us joined together in Devon to attend Alice Schlein’s Woven Pixel workshop for 3 days. We were blessed with wonderful weather, great company, and a tremendous learning experience. Alice is a very patient and skilled tutor with Photoshop...
