by StaceyHB | Oct 24, 2010 | Life, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology
Sometimes it takes a shock to the system to make changes that are necessary and sometimes vital. Last night was the first real frost here, and the trees have had a big shock. The leaves are just tumbling off the trees today… It was also the most beautiful...
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 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 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...
by StaceyHB | Sep 29, 2010 | Life
This is one of my favourite structures as it is so easy to create. You start off with a simple double cloth, on 8 or more shafts, with one cloth being in non-shrinking yarns in shrinking yarns on 2 shafts (plain weave), and the other cloth being on 6 or more shafts...
by StaceyHB | Sep 26, 2010 | Life, Nature
This time of year is just wonderful when you have lovely sunny mornings after clear nights, and the dew is not too thick. My walks with Charlie are a great excuse to get out and as the mornings are drawing in, I am getting later and later…. If I’m not...
