A few weeks back I wrote at some length about the demise of my favourite sweater, and the difficulties in finding a replacement that had just the right weight, the right texture, the right comfort factor and all the other rights that go into making the perfect ‘favourite’ sweater. Well, …
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Studio notes on the 6th May
This morning I woke up early and knew that I wasn’t going to catch that extra half hour of delicious ‘second sleep’ so I decided to just cut my losses and get up. It was so early in fact that I was in time to watch the sunrise – something …
A new year and a new on-line course!
This is how a year should begin – with excitement and anticipation of good things to come, so Happy 2025 to everyone! Many of you will be familiar with my Rigid Heddle Consolidation Course which I published last year, with the promise of a follow-up course soon to be released. …
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 …
Loom with a view – the next steps…..
It never ceases to amaze me that even in the middle of Winter, when the bush is dry and grey, suddenly there will be a tiny spot of colour bravely peeping through the sandy earth. After the lockdown of 2020, I made a very conscious decision to slow down on …
The view from my loom has changed a little
…. as the August winds have arrived punctually in the Lowveld and it is too dusty and windy to weave on the patio right now! Having said that, it doesn’t mean that I have been idle – in fact far from it! The Rep weave is off the eight shaft …
There’s a ray of sunshine on my loom with a view….
The bumpy start to my current project, has, I have to say, not really settled down – although…. and I say ‘although’ with more than a little trepidation, I feel that I might be beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Rep-weave experiment is finally …