on Yesterday’s Wovember Words gave us some advise from Elizabeth Zimmermann. Here she is again, and this time Zimmermann tells us about how she felt that there is a shared memory, that skills seemingly lost in history actually lingers in ‘memory in the fingers; memory undeveloped, but still alive.’ A few years ago Christmas was enriched… Continue Reading WOVEMBER WORDS #21
on We have heard from Lesley Prior on ‘Growing Wool‘, ‘Harvesting Wool‘ and collaborating with Finisterre to ‘Process Wool‘. Today we shall hear about Lesley’s experiences of working directly with the wool from her Bowmont Sheep! Lesley is – as well as being a shepherd and an amazing ambassador for wool – a weaver. This is… Continue Reading Lesley Prior on Working with Wool…
on Building on from this morning’s Q&A with Sue Blacker about designing with breed-specific yarns for her book, Pure Wool and the afternoon’s tantalising glimpses of Kate Davies’ superb colour-knitting designs created with Shetland wool, this evening we shall be learning about the specific features of designing with another distinctive breed – the Lincoln Longwool. Louise… Continue Reading Louise Fairburn on Working with Wool…
on Continuing with today’s theme of ‘Working with WOOL’ for creative design work, TEAM WOVEMBER member Kate Davies has taken a momentary pause from SNAWHEID excitement and work on ‘Colours of Shetland‘ to answer a Q&A with Felicity Ford. Kate has been slightly less involved with WOVEMBER this year than last because of all the work… Continue Reading Kate Davies on Working with Wool…
on Elizabeth Zimmermann, famous unventor of many things knitting, gives some of her typical advise on working out how much wool to buy for a sweater. She also touches on the importance of correct labelling of yarn, something we rejoice in here at WOVEMBER! We might also divulge at this point that Shetland wool is Wovember… Continue Reading WOVEMBER WORDS #20
on Continuing on with our theme of hearing about people’s creative work with WOOL, today we shall hear from Sue Blacker about designing with the breed-specific wool that is spun at The Natural Fibre Company. At the start of WOVEMBER we explained that some of the people who would be writing here would have a hand… Continue Reading Sue Blacker on Working with Wool…
on If one is at all interested in Working with Wool, it is quite difficult to avoid the distinctive regional textiles produced in Estonia. Sock, from Haljala Parish, Estonia, photographed at Eesti Rhava Muuseum by Felicity Ford In the US, Nancy Bush in particular has popularised the knitting traditions of this tiny county in the Baltics,… Continue Reading Kata on Working with Estonian Wool…
on Another post submitted as part of our WOVEMBER competition, this one comes from Chrissie Day, and – like Kate, whom we heard from this morning – draws inspiration for her knitting projects directly from the sheep living in her immediate environment… Here are the sheep who give me their fleeces. Deciding to mix Bluefaced Leicester… Continue Reading Chrissie Day on Working with Wool…
on Two days ago we posted Wovember Words #17, which talked about the gig mill, which is used to raise the nap on woven cloth. The accompanying picture showed a Victorian billiard table, which is covered in napped green woollen cloth. However, when Linda Scurr visited the National Wool Museum, she took some pictures of an… Continue Reading Wovember Words #19
on Today’s WOVEMBER posts are all personal accounts from far and wide, from people who work with wool. This morning, we shall revisit the Welsh mountains where Kate Woolwinding lives, to learn about how some local Black Welsh Mountain sheep are inspiring her own work with wool… October 27, 2012 I love working with fleece. It’s… Continue Reading Kate Woolwinding on Working with Wool…