on This instalment concludes our 3-part interview with Cecilia about the creation of her handspun yarns. Earlier today she gave us a tour of some of the yarns she produces, and wrote eloquently about the relationships between the place where she lives and the yarns that she spins. Finally Cecilia will tell us about the tools… Continue Reading Cecilia Hewett on Working with Wool, Part III
on Continuing on from our earlier post on Cecilia’s handspinning, here is Part II of our interview, in which Cecilia talks about the relationships between the place where she lives and the yarns that she creates… 4. Could you tell us something about the relationship between your spinning activities and the place where you live? I… Continue Reading Cecilia Hewett on Working with Wool, Part II
on Cecilia Hewett is a member of The Woolclip whom we heard a bit about in the post we recently published featuring WOOLFEST. A Cumbrian co-operative of extraordinary women all working with wool in one way or another, members of The Wool Clip are especially connected to the distinctive landscape in which they live through their… Continue Reading Cecilia Hewett on Working with Wool, Part I
on As we are nearing the end of our Working with Wool section, we have a lot of woolly words to share with you today, therefore Wovember Words will be short: Numerous kinds of fibres, animal, vegetable, and mineral, are used in weaving. The best known, and probably the most useful, is wool. In section, magnified,… Continue Reading WOVEMBER WORDS #24
on Rounding off the ‘Working with Wool’ section of WOVEMBER is proving difficult for the simple reason that we have just so many wonderful pieces to include here! It truly is a privilege to receive emails from people all over the world from people who want to share the different work they are doing with WOOL.… Continue Reading Sara Dunham on Working with Wool…
on Continuing on our ‘Working with Wool’ theme, and building on the previous instalments on WOVEMBER from the wonderful Spinning Shepherd AKA Diane Falck, today we have a lovely post on working with four different colours of Ouessant Wool… June 3, 2012 – Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 106 : “The Four Colors of Ouessant Wool”… Continue Reading Diane Falck on Working with Wool…
on This evening we conclude the wonderful story from sheep to textile that lies behind Laura Rosenzweig’s distinctive woven cloth goods. We’ve met the sheep behind Laura’s Looms, and we’ve seen their wool harvested and processed! In this last post from Laura we shall hear about how the final textiles are made. In case you haven’t… Continue Reading Laura Rosenzweig on Working with Wool…
on Hot on the heels of our earlier post from Jane Cooper about Working with Wool & Woolsack, here is a further piece from Jane Cooper focussing on the legacy of that project. One of the things that became apparent in setting up Woolsack was the comparatively obscure nature of many of the websites belonging to… Continue Reading Jane Cooper on the Legacy of WOOLSACK…
on We thought we would continue on from this morning’s WOOLFEST post with a piece about another hugely important cultural project involving British Wool – WOOLSACK! Woolsack was established so that Athletes competing in The Olympic and Paralympic Games could take a handmade cushion away with them as a personal welcome gift from the UK. Makers… Continue Reading Jane Cooper on Working with Wool & WOOLSACK
on Having read about the careful, careful approach when washing knitted garments yesterday, we will read about a rather different approach which is needed when washing woollen fabrics as part of the finishing process, before it is ready to be made up into woollen items: Knitters, and thrifty housewives, are often appalled at the treatment given… Continue Reading WOVEMBER WORDS #23