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, …
Rigid Heddle weaving
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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 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 …
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 …