Category: working with wool

Rachael Matthews and Louise Harries on Working with Wool… AKA ‘Louder than Bombs’

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The Prick Your Finger haberdashery, with hand-crocheted signage made of Rough Fell wool Yarn [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/68272572″ iframe=”true” /] The Prick Your Finger jingle, made by Felicity Ford during the first KNITSONIK residency, 2011 Last year during WOVEMBER we featured this piece about Rachael Matthews and the Prick Your Finger haberdashery, highlighting some of the ways… Continue Reading Rachael Matthews and Louise Harries on Working with Wool… AKA ‘Louder than Bombs’

Cathy Wright on Working with Wool…

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This evening’s post is a submission to our competition from Cathy Wright, a hand spinner who runs the Lazy Kate website. In her email to us, Cathy explained that she wanted to explore the issue of obtaining British fibre for a UK hand spinner, and to offer a balanced perspective on the acquisition of prepared… Continue Reading Cathy Wright on Working with Wool…

Deb Robson on Working with Wool…

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Deb Robson has already shared some of her wonderful sheep photos with us here, as well as her thoughts on ‘Processing Wool‘ and ‘Harvesting Wool…‘. What is lovely about so many of our fantastic WOVEMBER contributors, is the hand they have in all stages of WOOL’s life… from it’s growth on the back of a… Continue Reading Deb Robson on Working with Wool…

WOVEMBER WORDS #21

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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

Lesley Prior on Working with Wool…

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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…

Louise Fairburn on Working with Wool…

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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…

Kate Davies on Working with Wool…

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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…

WOVEMBER WORDS #20

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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

Sue Blacker on Working with Wool…

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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…

Kata on Working with Estonian Wool…

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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…