handmade · Stashbusting · Weaving

Another weave

I added another warp to the loom. Using up more stash on Sunday evening, I went with clasped warp again. I started with the purples but found myself running low and I needed the Elodie for weft too. So, I raided the stash and added the light blue, then the dark blue. Then a last… Continue reading Another weave

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Fibre Therapy

You may recall from Friday’s post, I wanted to get something quick on the loom. And I did. It’s already off the loom. 🙂 However, as part of the process, I made some videos of the start and end hemming. So, if you need to give your hands a rest from knitting or crochet but… Continue reading Fibre Therapy

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Friday Roundup #35-20

It’s been an odd week. I’ve wanted to work on loom, but I equally haven’t as well. I put this down to having something on the loom that I wasn’t fully invested in. It’s the time when you have a WIP, and you want it done. But you just don’t have the energy to commit… Continue reading Friday Roundup #35-20

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Friday Roundup #34-20

Another week, another dollar. Tonight I noticed, really for the first time, the nights drawing in. Not that I mind it too much. I have to admit I like to see welcoming lights in a house and as we get closer to Christmas, all the twinkling lights on trees, glimpsed through the windows. However, we… Continue reading Friday Roundup #34-20

Crochet · handmade · Stashbusting · Weaving

Shawl Update

The Thetis shawl I crocheted while on holiday is now all blocked and finished. I’m quite pleased as it came out really well and the colours are lovely. The finished size is about 78 inches wide and 35 inches from centre to tip. Here are some finished pictures. The shawl is a cotton/polyacryl blend from… Continue reading Shawl Update