Sometimes, I go somewhere, meet someone, or see something that makes it really difficult for me to keep my bum on my desk chair! Today is one such day – and before I go any further, I need to clarify that the special project in question is not one on …
Studio notes from the beautiful Drakensberg.
Somehow it seems as though we look forward to something for such a long while, and then in the blink of an eye, it is done and dusted and behind us, as though it was a little bit of a dream. So it feels with the first Drakensberg Fibre festival. …
Studio notes on crossing the finish line.
This past week has been a slight departure from the norm for me – apart from glorious weather and spectacular sunsets which continue to be enjoyed from my deck with a glass of the good stuff in hand at the end of a day spent at desk and loom. Why …
Studio notes for the beginning of the ‘Windy Month’
For the past week or so, I have had our house all to myself. This is a very unusual state of affairs, as it is usually me that is off on a trip to teach or promote my product. However, this time it was M’s turn to climb into his …
Studio notes from the middle of Winter.
This past week has seen some really epic weather systems moving through the country. The Cape has been battered by gales and torrential rains, there is snow on the mountains in the Western and Eastern Cape, and Natal. The highveld is shivering, and yesterday, I spend most of the day …
I’m back at my loom with the view for the Winter.
After a hectic first half of 2024 I am back home for the Winter. As most of you will know by now, the time I spend at home during the cool months has become very precious to me – and hopefully also very productive – but not always, and this …
The loom with a view is wet and soggy…..
……And if that sounds like a complaint, it most certainly isn’t! After one of our driest Januaries on record since we moved here eighteen years ago, this month has been nothing short of miraculous, and we will be going into Winter with dams full to overflowing which is always very …
There’s new life all around the loom with a View
Well, what can I say? The Winter has been and gone, and in the Lowveld we have simply moved from Winter to Summer without the benefit of Spring to gently transition us from one to the other. Today is sitting up at around 36 degrees Celcius and we have Bergwinds …
Weaving up a storm at the Loom with a View.
I think that I am right in assuming that most of us are looking forward to the first signs of Spring, after what has been, for many people, a pretty torrid Winter. Of course, we get off quite lightly as far as Winter is concerned in the Lowveld, but even …
The Loom with a View
……….is currently empty! For the first time in a very, very long time, I find myself in a situation where I don’t have a warp on any one of my harness looms! I can’t honestly remember when last this happened. My Rigid Heddle looms are well in use I have …