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These are selling well at the moment. Perfect for

These are selling well at the moment. Perfect for popping inside a Christmas card, #firstfooting or #stockingfillers and all #zerowaste of course find them on my etsy shop

Found another weaving hack today. I’ve finally u

Found another weaving hack today. I’ve finally upgraded to full sectional warping (thank you @weavingbythelake for making the tension box and creel available glad you are happy with your new warping system) well it didn’t come with a lease maker and thankfully I’m a hoarder of random weaving stuff and I had a warped/unusable ridged headle reed thingy that I’ve cut up now. Works perfectly. Also I’ve no added rail on my avl for a tension box to run on so I hacked my old warping mill poll and drilled a hole in a bit of another offcuts of glimakra that I had leftover from making the fly shuttle. All’s good I am most grateful for the knowledge that my mill manager imparted 30 years ago to a wilful young designer ( who was much more interested in motorbikes, booze and blokes than weaving 2/2 twill tweed) He told me that a good mill manager needed to be able to work all the machines in the mill and put me to work in every department #neverasksomeonetodoajobyoucant #skillsyouthoughtyoudforgotten #skillsremember last time I used was on a 500yd mill not this 10yd straight to beam. I’ve had a lovely day and I’m finally beginning to feel like a #smallbatchproducer #handloomweavers #nessitymotherofinvention

Thought I’d share my madder dye on my Cheviot ya

Thought I’d share my madder dye on my Cheviot yarn commissioned from @border_mill. First and second dye batches from only 2 x two year old plants grown in my garden . #naturaldye #madderdyeing #exhaustthatdyepot #twotone #beautifulnaturalcolor #tracibilityfromfarmtofabric #hilltohome #fleecetofashion #happywear

After a wee shift in my garden studio this is my n

After a wee shift in my garden studio this is my new view. Still very full with little room to squeeze around #shedfulloflooms #designspace #handloomweaving #viewfromtheloom

With the weather turning very much to hat wearing.

With the weather turning very much to hat wearing. I’ve enjoyed making this today. I do believe every female should wear a #pussyhatproject with pride so here’s a pic of me as I run out the door to my #nhsdayjob … I did make an original pink for my daughter to rock on her protests #glasgowunipoliticsundergrad #proundmum but I’ve opted for a muted teal plastic yarn from Lidls I picked up today. Got to work on a natural coloured 100% wool one meanwhile warm ears …..will keep you posted

It’s dreech here in fife today. Definitely a day

It’s dreech here in fife today. Definitely a day to stay indoors! Thought I’d share the eclectic reading on my table today. #lifeinbooks

Happy recipient of a gift of my #deflecteddoublewe

Happy recipient of a gift of my #deflecteddoubleweave limited edition lambswool weaving

And completely the other polar on the other loom i

And completely the other polar on the other loom is a bright industrial surplus level dyed warp going on I’d best get knotted!

I still think this full double width warp is a thi

I still think this full double width warp is a thing of beauty. All naturally coloured wool from Cheviot sheep reared, clipped and spun within 50 miles then another 90 miles to me in Cupar. #tracibilityfromfarmtofabric

Thought I’d share my weaving hack whilst I’m w

Thought I’d share my weaving hack whilst I’m waiting to manifest rotary temples. Anyone else have good #weavinghacks

Treated myself to this read. Such an inspiration n

Treated myself to this read. Such an inspiration not only because I studied at Gala or that I loved his textiles, house or paintings. It’s because I have heart that like his business it grew from humble beginnings. He changed the couture culture with his cloth born from creative expression like none before. Ooh and my seamstress gran bought his cloth to make coats that were around me in my very early days. I remember at say age 4 hiding in the clothes rack between the garments and looking closely at the cloth in amazement trying to figure out how it’s made by age 12 I was a proficient sewer/ maker and had decided I wanted to learn to weave. #bernartklein @bernatklein

Lately it’s all been about business development

Lately it’s all been about business development but today I was distracted whilst making, restocking galleries now that it’s officially woolly weather! these will be a couple of dozen Pictish inspired coin purses #smallbusinessuk #smallscaleproduction #everyoneunique #picktishdesign #madeinscotland

Day 20 of #septtextilelove and the prompt from @se

Day 20 of #septtextilelove and the prompt from @seam_collective today is newfound skill. Ive been lucky to have been picked to host a travelling espinner from @daedalusspinningwheels it’s a wonderful tool allowing even me to make a regular singles yarn. Hopefully I’ll be able to do justice to the multicoloured Brockie Cheviot fleece that would normally be cast aside as waste ( can’t help coloured lambs being born) as it is not processable in industry into yarn. The wooden yarn production process needs only white wool that they can be bleach into uniformity then level dyed to suit the consumers demands for a “perfect “ cloth I hope to offer an alternative to the mass production. Back in the day every mill town had its own spinners. Now there is little infrastructure left here and with lead times of 12+ months from artisan spinning mills this could be the way forward for my wee business. An affordable solution buy once and use year on year making yarn production part of my seasonal process. It’s a fabulous tool although I am thinking of homing a bigger brother and working on manifesting a wee flock to allow folks not only to learn but also to hire to produce their own yarn for weaving or knitting or anything else they wish yarn for. Ideas on how to do that from the collective would be most welcome 🙏

Day 18 #septtextilelove the prompt today is geomet

Day 18 #septtextilelove the prompt today is geometric from @seam_collective Well as a weaver working on a flat plain with straight lines and repeating patterns geometry does have to be an interest at least. I don’t have a mathematical background or one of science but I have a curiosity, which I believe is always a good thing. I’m hooked mainly on sacred geometry to be honest how spiritual beliefs and geometry coincide from every religion really. The images are from something I’m contemplating at the moment. It’s based on the Fibonacci sequence, the golden ratio, found in nature although it’s not the spiral usually associated with this I thought it would be good to base my design on. Thinking of using ore than just the first few numbers but not sure about the integrity of the cloth then again it might open up even more possibilities???? #whatif #somethingforthefuture

Day 17 of #septtextilelove with the prompt structu

Day 17 of #septtextilelove with the prompt structure by @seam_collective I love a structure called deflected double weave you could say it’s a wee obsession since finding it 30+ years ago I love the bold pattern possibilities of a true double cloth with the lightness of a single cloth plus the tactile textures of the wool l use or a combo of fibres to give differential shrinkage- but I can weave any other way of intersecting warp and weft If you are a gallery who wishes a bespoke batch of scarves exclusively for yourself or are a farmer wishing to diversify or add value to your fleece I’m happy to weave at a fair price for you. #lifeofaweaver #smallbatchproduction

2,222 sales thank you 🙏❤️

2,222 sales thank you 🙏❤️

Day 25 prompt from @seam_collective #septtextilelo

Day 25 prompt from @seam_collective #septtextilelove Sketch book. I generally have more than one on the go at any one time. This is a flick though one more of d place to save weaving samples, drafts and thoughts. Not particularly neat or organised let alone beautiful

Prompt 14 from @seam_collective #septtextilelove

Prompt 14 from @seam_collective #septtextilelove Floral. The origin of this #deflecteddoubleweave was not only floral in colour also in design. A direct inspiration also was historical weaving call “ blooming leaf” found in German and American tradition weaving remade in a my contemporary woven structure

Prompt 13 line I love how the lines are able to m

Prompt 13 line I love how the lines are able to morph as I weave playing at the loom to find new “pattern” combos

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