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This post is a little bit later than intended due to manic weaving for the craft fair last week. On the last day of our week at college we went and saw Cloth and Memory 2 exhibition at Salts Mill. It’s a stunning exhibition and well worth seeing, and here’s some pictures I took on […]
Today we had a trip to the Society of Colourists and Dyers museum in Bradford. They have exhibits of printed, fabrics, dyes, as well as cool looking dyeing things and machines that could easily be found in the Tardis. Colour matching machine Dials on the machine Examples of the method of printing Tools for making […]
I’m back at Bradford College for a whole week to carry on with my second year of HNC Contemporary Constructed Textiles. This time we’ve got our own study space, so it feels like we’re proper students with our own wee areas to cover in ideas, inspiration and artwork. Here’s my highly organised space. I seem […]
Summer is now slowly ebbing away but things are still very busy at Knit 1 Girl 1. All things yarny had to cease for a few weeks as my asthma that hasn’t bothered me for years came back with a vengeance. Unfortunately, it seems to be triggered by hayfever, dust, and anything fuzzy or fluffy, […]
It’s been very busy here at Knit 1 Girl 1 over the past couple of months, and it’s felt like I’ve been in a perpetual rush hour. I’ve been teaching a couple of classes in weaving again at Once A Sheep. The first was another rigid heddle sample-it weaving day, which resulted in everyone being […]