National Trust partners with Madeleine Jude (weaver) and Silver Needles Contact Info
Isn't it wonderful how one thing leads on to another? Just after publishing my Honeycomb Hybrids book this week, I was contacted by Madeleine Jude, a weaver I met a few years ago. She was a student on the Diploma course run by Handweavers' Studio in London and I was...
Difference between PDF and Print-on-Demand
Sorry to blog again, but several people have asked what is the difference between a pdf and print-on-demand. Print-on-demand means that you will be getting a physical soft-cover book through the post. Postage costs and postage times vary hugely depending on where you...
Honeycomb Hybrids has arrived!!
Thank you for all the wonderful messages I have received this week about Honeycomb Hybrids: Honeycomb For All Tastes! I only hope that the book will live up to your obviously high expectations!! Here is the ordering information I promised you last week. I am offering...
Honeycomb Hybrids – publication in late July!!
I am so excited to be announcing the imminent publication of my new book Honeycomb Hybrids: Honeycomb for All Tastes, a technical book uncovering the many facets of honeycomb (also known as distorted weft). It will be launched later this month (July) and I hope that...
Silver Needles Cone Winder – Review
Over the past week, I have been intermittently working with a newly arrived piece of kit - the cone winder from Silver Needles. It is an amazing little machine, very sensitive, but very useful. I knew that I would need to try several different yarns to test out...
June – and the Good Life!
We are certainly learning how to live the good life here in France. The blossom was delightful a month or so ago and now our 6 cherry trees are producing an abundance of delicious fruit! The previous owners of La Tuilerie obviously loved the house and garden as...
May – and advances on all fronts!
May - and things are hotting up fast!! Firstly, may I introduce you to Bailey? He's our poster boy today! Bailey is a labrador X (not sure whether with Beagle or with a spaniel of some kind!) and is just 4 months old. We had been missing Charlie, who had to be put...
Spring has sprung – with a vengeance!
Just a week ago, if you had told me that Spring would arrive and transform our garden from winter's silhouettes into verdant flower and leaf, I would have laughed disbelievingly! But this is just what has happened! Last week the trees outside our house were twigs -...
Guilty as Charged, M’lud!
I have been told off! Not once, but twice and on successive days! What can I say but sorry, and I will try to do better!! First came the email from a weaving friend in the US - "Have you dropped off the face of the earth, or did you actually move to France? What is...
The Loom Room move to France
Every day is a really exciting day at the moment! Each day my workshop becomes a little more like a weaving workshop. But it didn't start out that way! Our main move was on 4/5 January. All was going swimmingly. We had managed to pack the van (a transit) really well...
Countdown to……. A New Life
Have you noticed how many people now countdown days/sleeps before an event? It seems to be a marketing phenomena that has caught on with the general public. Generally I can't stand the idea of people wishing away their lives through counting down one more day until...
Exhibition: ‘Weaving Futures’ London Transport Museum 22/11/2016 – 18/02/2017
Exhibition: ‘Weaving Futures’ | London Transport Museum Dates: 22 November 2016 to 18 February 2017 ‘Weaving Futures’ is an exhibition at London Transport Museum highlighting the importance of woven textile design to the London Transport system. The...