http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress Thoughts about weaving, art, life and philosophy Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:19:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Exotica.  When the Midlands Textile Forum decided on this title for an exhibition to be staged at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, (on from now until 30th September), I had to smile!  I could just imagine certain men of my acquaintance brightening up with the titivating thought of what they might ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=346 Overshot is wonderful for creating texture.  The secret is to have all the floats on one side only.  Where the floats are not floating, they need to be woven into the fabric.  Bonnie Inouye first taught me this during the online workshop Wendy Morris and I did with her a ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=336 Ok, I admit it....  I'm showing off!!  But blame it on the music, as they say (who are 'they' and why do we take notice of them anyway...?)  Seriously though (awww!), you really can blame it on the music!  As a music student one of the pieces I played as a ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=334 This versatile float-based weave has lots of different uses.  More often used for tea-towels for its ultra-absorbency, and blankets for its warmth-trapping cells, it can also be used effectively for scarves and for texture.  Moreover it's a fun structure!  Using 5 or more shafts works best, as it needs a stitching element ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=316 Firstly, may I apologise for putting this in the wrong place last week.  I created a new page instead of a new post, so you can find it if you search for shibori, but otherwise it wasn't in the normal blog page!  You can imagine my perplexity when I wanted ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=330 I was watching an ants' nest that had been disturbed in my garden during our most recent renovation activity.  The ants were scurrying around seemingly at random, running here and there without apparent purpose, until I realised that there was indeed a very methodical method in their running.  To me, ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=313 Over the last few weeks, I've indulged in some creative downtime!  After the hectic scheduling of Complex Weavers and Convergence, Agnes and I headed off for a road trip (aka Thelma and Louise - without the dramatic ending!!).  Agnes was in charge of itinerary, and we headed out to Arizona, ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=298 In my last texture blog post in July, I was talking about honeycomb.  At the same lecture that I gave at Complex Weavers Seminars on honeycomb, I also showed the results of shibori and seersucker techniques in creating texture in single cloth.  Shibori is usually associated with tie-dyeing.  There are two ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=296 I promised to send attendees at my seminar "Beneath the Surface" - textures in double cloth, that I would send you the Resources page of my presentation.  If you would like to receive this, please email me at stacey@theloomroom.co.uk and I will email it to you.  If you have a problem receiving it ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=293 For those participants in my Deeper Beneath the Surface seminar at Convergence who wanted a copy of the 8 shaft pdf on pique and matelasse, you should already have received it by email.  However, as I know that some US isp's block UK addresses, you may not have received your ... http://www.theloomroom.co.uk/wordpress/?p=291