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Commonwealth Weaving
Last year I was asked by North Ayshire Council if I would be interested in working with schools to create a handwoven project based on sports activities that could be link to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As I thought this would be a great opportunity, and good fun, I said “yes”. For the past […]
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Cool blue
As with all things yarn related, I do occasionally mutter the words “I’ll never do ….. as it’s too faffy!” These things have fallen by the wayside, such as I’ll never get a spinning wheel and then a few months later owning my own. Another one of these is I’ll never try natural dyes. So, […]
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Being a student
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 […]