Drop Spindle Spinning
Using a drop spindle is a very portable way of creating yarn from fibres
Rag Rugs
Torn rags can be hooked into a base fabric to create bright images
Entrelac Knitting
A pair of mittens
Entrelac Knitting
An entrelac knitted hat
Tapestry Weaving
Combining traditional techniques with more textured effects.
Dyeing
Hand dyed yarn drying before being used
Tapestry Weaving
Using different techniques can create varied effects.
Dyeing
Using different modants, or fixers, to obtain slight variations in colour fromm a dye bath
Eco Dyeing
This was a workshop we held which gave some really lovely results
Spinning dyed fleece
Wool dyed in the fleece and then carded into rolags before being spun
Hand spun, hand dyed yarn
Wool dyed in the fleece and then spun and plied to create a yarn for weaving, knitting or whatever else comes to mind!
Optical Weaving
Optical weaving in progreess on the loom. Members upload images of what they have been doing during a workshop.
Exhaust Dyeing
Using the same dye bath, each skein immersed in the bath has less dye to take up than the preceeding skein which results in a range of subtley shifting tones of the same colour.
Optical Weaving
This was a workshop we ran on optical weaving techniques with many different results
Shaped Tapestry Weaving
By creating unwoven areas in a tapestry and then pulling the warps through those unwoven spaces, the shape of a tapestry can be changed.
Optical Weaving
A close up of the optical weaving technique
Tatting
A lovely use for the simple skill of tatting, creating bright and attractive hair furnishings.
Shaped Tapestry Weaving
Weaving a tapestry around a shape is a real challenge but the result is very distinctive.
Natural Dyeing for a Painter's Palette
In this workshop, one of our members not only hand dyed small skeins of yarn but also small squares of blanket fabric as well.
Blended rolags for spinning
Dyed fleece has been laid on a drum carder and then combed to blend the various colours together before being spun.