tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16328471209817319572024-03-12T04:50:32.970+00:00MIXED MEDIAJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.comBlogger920125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-47272578092211000012019-08-10T17:22:00.000+01:002019-08-10T17:25:51.260+01:00Finding My Joy thanks to Louise Fletcher.A week ago I came across an online course that was being run by Louise Fletcher, a very generous Yorkshire artist who, in a similar way to my Saori philosophy, paints from the heart. Do have a look at her <a href="https://www.louisefletcherart.com/">website</a> which is a treasure trove of inspiring podcasts and videos. Sadly the course finishes today so it's too late to join in this year but I suspect she will run it again so maybe sign up for emails. <br />
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I was late joining the course so I have been playing catch up but I thought I'd blog a bit about it here to remind me of what I did. The first assignment involved sectioning off a paper and making marks. Funnily enough I'd worked in this way 10 days before having seen something else online.<br />
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I worked randomly using acrylics, acrylic wax, charcoal, artgraf block, oil pastel, Posca pens and water. For the assignment I did something similar:<br />
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We had a time limit and I included a few pieces of collage paper this time. Some of them may get some more work on top and one or two work better turned on their side. I find it really difficult to work on top of something I've already done in case I 'spoil' it so I hope that what I am learning from Louise and her inspirational words will help me past this reluctance.</div>
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I chose colours I wouldn't usually use and a selection of utensils to get the paint onto the paper. </div>
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I'd previously cleaned off my palette onto the paper hence the big black area. <br />
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The painting went through a few incarnations and while I was painting I was thinking about the sea and rock pools, no surprises there. By the time I got to this point I should have painted it again in my more usual colours and I was tempted to work on top just for the heck of it but my usual fear stopped me doing it.</div>
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Instead I started on a fresh piece of paper but jumped to a later assignment to paint completely out of my comfort zone.</div>
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I wet the page randomly first and then daubed on black which I wouldn't usually use (there was some red picked up by 'mistake' too.</div>
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While the first layer was still damp I slopped on colours taken at random from my palette using a roller again.<br />
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More scraping on top,<br />
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and oil pastels were employed. I scraped some parts through while the paint was wet with the wrong end of a paintbrush. It was interesting seeing the effects of dragging the pastel through wet paint.<br />
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This is the final painting, if you can call it a painting. Throughout I kept seeing areas that I really liked so I've photographed them before painting on top. I just need to remember how I achieved them. I had resisted doing this exercise but I did learn from it, not least that taking a chance and jumping in sometimes have a pleasing outcome. I admire people who are brave enough to paint over whole areas of their painting to the point of obliteration and then sponge back or scrape back to reveal what lies beneath. If you click on the photo above you should be able to see that I accidentally scored through the paper with my scraping and scratching. I'm definitely going to work with this exercise again and learn more about covering up and getting back to a lower layer.</div>
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The paper palettes were my all time favourites 😄😄 They'll probably end up as collage papers. I have to thank Louise for pushing me outside my comfort zone and showing me some new ways of working that I am definitely going to keep on with. I've definitely found my joy and excitement for future painting along with the classes I'm doing with Sarah Watson locally.</div>
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There's still 2 assignments to do so I'll come back in a few days with some photos. In case you're wondering, I'm still enjoying my weaving but am loving getting back to painting again. Hopefully between the two I will still be able to be creative despite the arthritis in my hands. I wouldn't like the alternative, but senior years do have their grumpy and frustrating moments.</div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-66430739550126066002019-02-22T17:48:00.000+00:002019-02-22T17:51:22.358+00:00Easton Walled GardenWe are having the most unseasonal weather this February and today saw us visiting <a href="https://www.visiteaston.co.uk/">Easton Walled Garden</a> for their annual Snowdrop week. The day has been beautifully sunny and warm so much so that we barely needed coats on. It has been wonderful watching the gardens change and grow over the years and this year the display was superb. The air was full of birdsong and bees and butterflies flying around. Clouds developed a little during the morning but they added to the beauty of the day.<br />
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The visit started with a blast from the past. Anyone remember Hector's House? I've been singing the tune ever since.<br />
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I don't think the young gardener had a clue what I was talking about!<br />
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Looking across the parkland I could see a host of escapees in a hollow.</div>
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I loved the beautiful lichen on the branches and the sight of the snowdrops glimpsed on the floor.<br />
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This structures are waiting for sweet peas to be planted out when it warms up some more.<br />
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An extra treat was an art exhibition in the stables at Easton with paintings by <a href="https://www.dawnat29.com/">Dawn Wright</a> and by <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/vlittlewood0520/val-littlewood-my-bees/?lp=true">Val Littlewood</a>. Val's paintings were beautifully detailed studies of various species of bee and their preferred food plant. You can read about her paintings and about bees on her <a href="https://pencilandleaf.blogspot.com/2011/">blog</a>. </div>
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<a href="https://www.visiteaston.co.uk/">Easton Walled Garden</a> snowdrop week continues till this Sunday 24 February so you still have time to visit and enjoy their lovely snowdrop bank. They open for the season the following Sunday 3 March. How can it be nearly March already?!</div>
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-81256629542964224102019-01-24T17:35:00.000+00:002019-01-24T17:35:19.591+00:00Anni AlbersLast week we went down to London to catch the retrospective exhibition of the work of Anni Albers, a 20th century weaver and textile designer who was one of the pioneers of 20th century modernism. The exhibition was at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Modern">Tate Modern</a> which is housed in the old Bankside power station. <br />
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The part of the building to the left is the original power station and the extension to the right is the Blavatnik building named after Sir Leonard Blavatnik who donated much of the funds for the development.<br />
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This is the Turbine Hall which often houses large installations and site specific works. <br />
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Thanks to my husband for this shot from the escalators cutting through two floors to reach the floor of the turbine hall.<br />
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Our first impression of the Tate was its size, it's huge and cavernous! A note for future reference, they allow you to take in small flight size cases but they must be stowed at the cloakroom, which is free and secure but invites donations, currently £4.<br />
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I hadn't expected to enjoy the exhibition as much as I did, especially as I only weave on a simple floor loom and not a multi-shafted one but I was fired up by it all. <br />
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The exhibition was in the Eyer Ofal Galleries in the Natalie Bell building. The first weaving was Black White Yellow which was rewoven in 1965 by <a href="https://www.textileartist.org/textile-artist-gunta-stolzl-1897-1983">Gunta Stölzl </a>who was Bauhaus Master of Craft in the weaving workshop from 1927 to 1931. <br />
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This is a detail of Black White Yellow, woven in cotton and silk. It is 207.6 x 121.4cms I had a lovely chat with 2 ladies as we tried to work out how this was achieved. They were complete novices at weaving and my small knowledge didn't help at all. </div>
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Anni's loom was on display and surprisingly (to me) compact. She also wove on much larger and smaller looms.</div>
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Anni was introduced to weaving at the <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/b/bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> which she joined in 1922. Her influences there included <a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee">Paul Klee</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky">Kandinsky</a> and can be readily seen in her weaving and in her works on paper as preparation and exploration for design. Oops! Didn't photograph any examples.<br />
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The Bauhaus was forced to close by the Nazis in 1931 and Anni moved to a teaching position at the Black Mountain College in North Carolina USA.<br />
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My greatest fascination in the exhibition was the way the warps were manipulated with the weft threads and which were probably woven on a small handloom. I have tried something similar on my own looms. I particularly like the way she has used the technique for parts of rows and not all the way across the width. It makes for an interesting texture.<br />
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This weave and the one below spoke to me a bit of <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/piet-mondrian-1651">Mondrian</a>'s work, notably his <a href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78682">Boogie-Woogie </a>works. Above is Open Letter, 1958, cotton, 57.8 x 60cms. It has lots of excitement for me in the texture and I loved the little shots of colour.</div>
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Above is titled "Pasture' from1958 measuring 35.6 x 39.4 cms<br />
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This image above was wonderfully rich in colour (much stronger than my flashless photograph shows) and is titled Sunny from 1965 in cotton and linen,12.7 x 43.2 cms.</div>
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South of the Border, above, cotton and wool, 10.5 X 38.7cms, has a landscape feel to my eye and is much more colour rich in reality.<br />
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Set in a space of its own, with a large bench in front to allow for contemplation, was the 6 panelled Six Prayers which was made for the Jewish Museum New York to memorialise the 6 million Jews who died in the holocaust. Each panel is 186 x 50 centimetres from cotton and linen threads and highlighted by silver accents.<br />
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The detail is sadly out of focus due to the lack of light and no flash. I did like the use she had made wandering threads that are carried along and up the weave. <br />
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Alternative materials had figured in some of Anni's early works too, including her diploma piece from the Bauhaus, woven to be soundproofing and to cover the walls in an auditorium.<br />
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This fabric looked a bit like a thermal ironing board cover that I used to have and was woven with cotton, chenille and cellophane. It was backed with chenille (velvet in the accompanying description).<br />
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The huge space in the gallery was separated by partitions made from wood and sheer fabric that gave interesting veiled views of the visitors and weavings to be explored and also supported some of the more varied weavings.<br />
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The piece above is by Lenore Tawney titled Leckythos and woven in 1962 from linen, brass and acrylic. Size 127 x 68cms. A statement by Albers from her book '<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0691177856?pf_rd_p=71cb17e9-f468-4d3f-94d5-a0de44c50a7e&pf_rd_r=1QTZJZGE475HH95AY28P">On Weaving'</a> suggests that she was aware of this artist's work and the way she was taking weaving forward. With the sheer fabric behind it it looks almost ethereal.</div>
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The Anni Albers exhibition ends on Sunday 27th January and I for one wish I had gone much earlier so that I could have had a second visit. There is just so much to see, but I can recommend the exhibition <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anni-Albers-Ann-Coxon/dp/0300237251/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1548350413&sr=1-1&keywords=anni+albers+tate+exhibition+catalogue">catalogue</a> which is extensive with its illustrations and text. It's a book both to dip into and to enjoy in depth. </div>
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The Millennium Bridge crossing towards St Paul's Cathedral.<br />
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It was a very grey day as you can see but the birch trees still looked beautiful. <br />
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Hopefully you can see that the two halves of the cloth loop through each other across the middle.<br />
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On the loom it looks like this<br />
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It looks really complicated but effectively you are weaving to get two separate pieces with two selvedges each by going underneath the warps. You can see this in the photo above. When you set up the warp you can leave a couple of empty dents in the reed to delineate the sections and make life easier when you take the shuttle through. It is very easy to snag the wrong warps. Just as I have lifted up the left hand purply strip I can also lift the pink side, they both sit free of the fabric below.<br />
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I will get round to trying this again and have a hankering to use wintery colours to make a sparkly mobile. You could do this on any kind of loom. Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-86385566055081688272018-09-27T19:59:00.000+01:002018-09-27T21:07:29.909+01:00Wells Art Trail IIWe pottered off to Norfolk after seeing a video clip on Facebook of the Lifeboat Horse sculpture by Rachel Long <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewseast/videos/235594440428867/">here</a>. The cottage we stayed in looked out over the marshes and we could see the horse from an upstairs window.<br />
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I've still not managed to see the Anthony Gormley metal sculptures in Lancashire but I'm delighted to have seen this Lifeboat Horse. You can really feel the wight of the horse and I have been fascinated by the rendering of the head which is a beautiful shape.<br />
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The other work I really wanted to see was View From the Shipwrights by <a href="https://debbielyddon.wordpress.com/">Debbie Lyddon</a> whose work I have followed on't internet for some time. I got rather carried away trying to capture the piece in various lights and in many states of movement, especially as the wind was trying to rip it from its masts.<br />
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You can read more about Debbie's work for the Art Trail <a href="https://debbielyddon.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/wells-art-trail/">here</a>. Do click on the photos in this post to see them in a larger format. There's also an interview with Debbie Lyddon <a href="https://textilestudygroup.wordpress.com/2018/03/07/debbie-lyddon/">here</a>.<br />
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Seeing Debbie's work and the way she has used spaces in the fabric has sparked off potential thoughts for weaving techniques and ways of making see-through areas in my cloth. I've already experimented with something called cool cross which enables you to open out the fabric and create movement so there may be more to come. (Excuse the vibrant colour in this otherwise calm post).<br />
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Watch this space (no pun intended).<br />
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The cottage we stayed in was right on the quay so we could enjoy the changing views from our bedroom window. You can't beat Norfolk skies.<br />
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Not exactly from our cottage but the iconic Wells view across to the Granary.<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-1822110178457036482018-09-27T18:59:00.001+01:002018-09-27T18:59:43.036+01:00Wells Heritage Art TrailWe recently popped across to Wells Next The Sea in North Norfolk for a few days to see an art trail organised by the newly redeveloped <a href="https://www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/">Wells Heritage Centre</a>. The pieces were displayed mostly along the quay, in the heritage centre and down at the beach cafe. <br />
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Above and below are the panels of a triptych displayed at the Beach Cafe made by Kate Allsop and titled Shoreline Shifts.<br />
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I couldn't usefully photograph the whole thing but it can be viewed <a href="https://www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/wells-heritage-art-trail-unveiled-at-wells-maltings/">here</a>.<br />
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Also at the Beach Cafe was Harbour Side by <a href="http://www.fish-and-ships.com/">Andrew Ruffhead</a><br />
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Pieces of driftwood and a boat's transom are included. I was really pleased to see this piece as we enjoyed Andrew's work in a holiday let we stayed in at Sheringham earlier in the year.<br />
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We had to look a bit harder for our next piece on the art trail as it was out of place due to the bad weather.<br />
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Jack was busy keeping us company while we had a cuppa in the Heritage Centre.<br />
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Along the East Quay we encountered The Ships by <a href="http://www.andrewschumann.com/about.html">Andrew Schumann</a>.<br />
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This is in fact a tall post with two spheres placed one above the other. We had fun photographing the upside down view through the glass. Sadly I didn't photograph the interpretive information.<br />
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A rather more poignant installation was found at the Harbour Office and was entitled Through These Doors by Robert Smith MBE.<br />
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Back on the East Quay we were invited into Gordon Senior's garden to view Marris Otter Barley and Sea Barley.<br />
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I hope you can see from the photos that real grain was used to render the barley. I loved the textures.<br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-14866923701463281292018-09-10T16:31:00.002+01:002018-09-10T16:31:51.858+01:00I'm a WeaverOver the years the painting that started this blog off has morphed through mixed media to quilting, art quilting and two years ago to weaving. Having come back to this blog after a bit of a break I realise I have a two year gap in my journey as a weaver and have shown very little of my weaving here. I have been sharing it over on Facebook but I thought I'd try and keep a record here too. So far most of my weaves have either been for myself or for presents for unsuspecting friends and family. As I mentioned previously I am going to be selling weaves for my niece's charity <a href="https://www.eviesgift.org.uk/">Evie's Gift</a>. I have such a stock of yarns that it will be a relief to move some of the results of my weaving on and to raise funds for an important cause in the process.<br />
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So, where to start with the fruits of my labours over the last two and a half years? <br />
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I love this fabric that is made with mostly wool and silk (mostly Noro yarns). I think it will end up being a jacket but it is still waiting for me to finish the sewing.<br />
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This lovely turquoise and blue confection was woven on a rigid heddle loom and is a cotton weave. It doesn't know what it wants to be yet.<br />
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My lovely husband modelling this cotton length for me. This has been made up into a short bolero style jacket.<br />
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I was inspired to try this seaside themed shawl by some work I saw online. The yarns were mostly a blend of merino and silk so it was very soft and light. The warp does all the work here and the weft was done with clasped weft so I could use 3 colours and place them where I wanted them. This was given to a very dear friend.<br />
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The blue shawl above is a merino/silk mix with insertions and was made for another friend for the cost of the yarns.</div>
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I really like this shawl which again has a high silk content. <br />
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All the scarves above were made on the Saori loom and have various fibres in them.<br />
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I do like the shawl above. It's on a cotton warp but the yarn is a merino/silk blend with the details/rectangles done in a wool from Drops.<br />
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I'm not sure about the shawl above. It's not my cup of tea colour-wise and was a bit of an experiment.<br />
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This shawl was on a warp that I made at <a href="http://www.thesaorished.co.uk/">The Saori Shed</a> in Diss and was given to another very special friend a while ago. I do love playing with colour and inserting textures and shapes. Saori is such a fun way to weave.<br />
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Finally I have made myself a card/jacket similar to the <a href="http://mixedmedia-jem.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-year-new-post.html">red one</a> I think I shared here some time ago.<br />
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It's a boxy jacket made from straight pieces of cloth and is very comfortable to wear. Again, it's mostly Noro wool. Yummy!<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-88644349145493461242018-09-10T16:00:00.000+01:002018-09-10T16:00:44.142+01:00Washing handwoven garments and shawlsGoodness me it's dusty in here! How long is it since I popped in? Really?! Gulp.<br />
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I've recently sold a shawl and have also forced my woven creations onto various friends and unsuspecting relatives so I thought a post about caring for handwoven might be long overdue and timely. <br />
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Many of my weaves are done with wool and often have a silk content too. Some are done with mainly a cotton content but with inclusions of mixed fibres. Many people, me included, are naturally worried about washing this type of cloth.<br />
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I follow a fairly simple approach to washing these apparently delicate fabrics. Generally, I place the item in a laundry bag so it can't move around too much. I then wash it in the washing machine at 30 degrees on a hand wash. This is the shortest programme on my machine and so far it has worked well for all my handwovens. The spin part of the programme tends to be at a low revolution so I usually give a follow up spin at 800 or 1200 rpm. <br />
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When the shawl comes out of the machine I press it straight away using a cotton pressing cloth (a pillowcase works just as well) or a sheet of baking parchment (my preferred method) and a steam iron. You may need to ease the shawl to shape as you go. The idea is not to iron it with force but to press gently so it comes back into shape and any creases from the wash disappear. I use a steam iron on a high enough setting to get steam. It probably seems a bit strange to use steam over paper or cotton but I find it suits me. It also means I can give the fabric a light iron over if I need to to help the drying process. I leave it to you to gauge whether your particular fabric can cope with this. I probably wouldn't put the iron directly on an all wool cloth.<br />
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Once the fabric has been pressed almost dry I hang it over a hanger or maybe on an airer, depending on the length, to finish drying. All of my fabrics are washed as part of the finishing process and so far this gentle treatment has worked well. My only catastrophe was a cowl that fell out of its pillowcase and ended up somewhat felted. The upside was that I got some lovely, unexpected effects and it fitted far better than before its slight shrinking. <br />
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You can, of course, gently wash the item by hand in warm water and a gentle washing liquid. Gently move the fabric in the water but resist the urge to squeeze it too much. Rinse in water the same temperature as you've washed in and, if you have a spin dryer, give the item a short-ish spin. You could still spin in a washing machine in a laundry bag. Alternatively, squeeze gently to remove the excess water and roll in a towel. Press as already mentioned or, if it's too damp to press, lay it flat to dry a little and then press. Always ease back into shape while damp. (Yes, I know, the washing machine rinses in cold water but so far I've found the fabric is ok with this).<br />
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As a general rule of thumb you should launder for the most delicate fibre in the weave. I do attach a tag with details of the fibre content in my weaves when I gift or sell them. I am hoping to sell more weaves in the future and will give the proceeds after deducting the cost of the yarns to <a href="https://www.eviesgift.org.uk/">Evie's Gift</a>, a special charity set up this year to support parents when their child is suddenly taken seriously or even terminally ill. You can follow the link in the side bar to read more about this charity which was inspired by our niece who tragically died at the age of 13 of an aggressive brain tumour in January this year.<br />
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Last Sunday we were at <a href="https://www.visiteaston.co.uk/">Easton Walled Gardens</a> Autumn Market on a demonstration table. Usually there's several of us demonstrating various sewing skills but this year it was just me. Easton very kindly welcome us every year and it's a lovely day out. I took along little starter sewing packs that I made up from my stash with the hope that people might be tempted to 'take a stitch for a walk' and also took some of my weaving along. As this was a demonstration stand I wasn't able to sell but people were keen to support Evie's Gift for which I was very grateful. It is surprising and sad how many people have personal or family experience of brain tumour when you start talking.<br />
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Now I've found my way back here I'll try and come back with some more weaving photographs soon. Yes, I know I've said that before, several times. Life gets very hectic and social media takes time away from blogging but I have been missing blogging recently. A bientôt.<br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-50115412995429009282017-08-27T18:27:00.000+01:002017-08-27T18:27:05.278+01:00Rosslyn ChapelWay back when, I promised to write a post about our visit to Rosslyn Chapel (of Knights Templar fame) when we were at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival earlier this year. Having just seen a post about a friend's visit to said chapel I thought it was about time I kept my promise. Sadly, my memory hasn't retained all the interesting details we heard and overheard from the guide as we went around but I'll do my best. You can link to the Rosslyn Chapel <a href="http://www.rosslynchapel.com/">website</a> for more information and there's also an App that gives you photographs of the interior, since the public is not supposed to take photographs inside. <br />
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The exterior is almost as ornate as the interior.<br />
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The stained glass was beautiful but I had to content myself with photographs taken from the outside.<br />
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A sneaky glimpse through the door with visitors listening to a talk by one of the guides.<br />
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This is the south aisle (I think).<br />
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There are said to be over 100 Green Man figures inside the chapel. There are also many carvings of musical instruments.<br />
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This is Woman with Goose.<br />
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Carvings inside and out appear to show corn which was not known about when the chapel was built but other opinion is that it is an idealised carving and only coincidentally resembles corn. </div>
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Photographs are actually courtesy of my lovely husband as my camera wasn't up to the job. <br />
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One story of the chapel has stayed in my mind and that's the tale of the Sculptor's apprentice who, while his master was away, finished one of the columns in the chapel to a higher standard than his master and without reference to the original design pattern. When the master returned he was so enraged that he hit the apprentice on the head with a hammer and killed him. Legend has it that the master's image was carved on a column opposite so that he could forever gaze on his apprentice's work (Wikipedia link <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosslyn_Chapel">here</a>).<br />
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Here's the link to <a href="https://chris-gray-textile-art.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/rosslyn-chapelat-last.html">Chris Gray'</a>s blogpost that spurred me on to finally blog about our visit.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-26581172457247167942017-06-11T20:47:00.000+01:002017-06-11T20:47:38.725+01:00Easton Walled GardenWe've been out to Easton Walled Garden today, a very blustery but mostly sunny day, for a bit of a photographic foray of the late Spring/early summer flowers.<br />
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The terraces below where the house would originally have stood have been planted as wild flower meadows and the wind today made the grasses look like they were windblown water. The ox-eye daisies were beautiful.<br />
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There were lots of allium in various stages of flowering and seed both in the borders and among the wildflowers.<br />
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These guys were having a breather from zooming around capturing flies. (Swallows). A red kite made several passes over the gardens but I wasn't able to capture him with the camera.<br />
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The gardens are about 7 miles or so south of Grantham just off the A1 and they have a great tea room. Unfortunately they don't take passing trade at the tea room but it's well worth paying the garden entry, you'll find you'll stay longer than you intended.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-81007012557318390912017-03-17T20:38:00.000+00:002017-03-17T20:38:41.979+00:00Dovecot Studio EdinburghAs promised, here's a review of the inspiring <a href="http://www.dovecotstudios.com/">Dovecot Studios</a> in Edinburgh. The studios are housed in an iconic Edinburgh building which used to house the Infirmary Street Baths. The studios house an exhibition gallery, shop, cafe and a huge workshop area that is open to public viewing at certain times so that you can watch the artists at work. <br />
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There was only one person working while I was there but there was a wonderful atmosphere walking around the gallery and looking down onto the workspace. The large groups of cones were so inspiring and I would have loved to have scooped up the waste to use in my own weaving. I wonder if they would have missed a cone or two? Sadly I would have had to abseil down to snaffle one.<br />
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This tapestry above is being made for a commission to The Perse School which I think is in Cambridge. I think the method being used is tufting where the wool is fixed into the rug by use of a pneumatic gun. The tufts are then trimmed to length (cut pile). <br />
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At the empty looms it was possible to see the cartoons and preparations made for the tapestries.<br />
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These bunches are used to test out the colours and blends in an approximation to how they will look in a piece of work.<br />
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This exhibition piece seems particularly relevant these days. Regrettably my phone didn't capture the maker's name.<br />
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Down the staircase was a large weaving made as a site-specific project.<br />
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I was really tired by the time I got to the studios but the visit was stimulating and well worth the effort. If you're in Edinburgh and in any way interested in weaving or tapestry it is well worth going. The building has its own beauty and while it hasn't been a tapestry studio for many years it has a great sense of history and is a beautiful building in its own right. Until 1 July there is an exhibition in the gallery focussing on the apprentices of the studio. It was interesting to see how some techniques had evolved over the decades.<br />
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The photos are all from my phone so apologies if they are not clear.<br />
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Back soon with more Edinburgh sights and a visit to the Rosslyn Chapel.<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-14755002878448551372017-03-16T18:14:00.001+00:002017-03-16T18:20:31.790+00:00Edinburgh and WoolWe've just come back from a few days away in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. My motive for going was to attend the Edinburgh Yarn Festival which I had found out about recently. I lured my long suffering husband along with promises of lots of photo opportunities. Actually he didn't take much luring and he even came to the Festival with me to act as pack-horse, but more of that in a bit.<br />
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We let the train take the strain and had a very pleasant journey up, enjoying the views of the Northumberland coast.<br />
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We caught a glimpse of the Angel of the North as we passed Newcastle and Gateshead.<br />
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We'd no sooner arrived at our hotel than we all had to troop out as the fire alarm went off. <br />
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Happily it was a false alarm but we still stood around in the cold for about quarter of an hour.<br />
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Friday found us at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, or rather, queueing to get in. The organisation of the show was excellent and there was a good atmosphere in the queue with everyone being very patient. I think it took about half an hour for us to get in but the queue moved steadily so it wasn't a chore. The organisers did a great job all round.<br />
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Ironically, I went again on the Saturday, having a weekend ticket, and the queue for ticket holders was longer than the queue for non-ticket holders. If you click on the photo above you can see the little finger post announcing the Festival.<br />
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Since I had Mr Muscle with me I bought the heaviest items on my list on Friday. I bought an art flyer for my Louet Victoria spinning wheel and an inklette loom for making straps and narrow weaves on. <br />
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The art flyer is a different colour from the original wheel but I'm not bothered. It is really simple to change over to this larger flyer and I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of it. I've had a treadle with it this afternoon and it doesn't affect the stability of the wheel. Happy, happy!<br />
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There wasn't a lot of fibre available at the Festival as it's set up with knitters in mind but John Arbon of Devon were doing a roaring trade as ever.<br />
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The cafe was extremely busy and I didn't bother fighting my way in. <br />
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Hubby very generously suggested that I go back on my own on Saturday so I gave up fairly quickly on Friday as it was very busy. Saturday I had a lovely few hours browsing the stalls and getting way too tempted with all the beautiful yarns on offer. <br />
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<a href="https://www.edencottageyarns.co.uk/password">Eden Cottage Yarns</a>, <a href="https://www.ripplescrafts.com/">Ripples Crafts</a>, <a href="http://www.watercoloursandlace.co.uk/">Watercolours & Lace</a> and <a href="https://ayarnstory.co.uk/">A Yarn Story</a> all tempted me.<br />
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<a href="https://threshingbarn.com/">The Threshing Barn</a> not only sold me the Inklette loom but also tempted me with a sumptuous batt and some ribbons that will appear in some art yarns soon, to be spun on my new gadget. I was delighted to find some <a href="https://www.colinette.com/">Colinette</a> bulky yarns in a shop on the way back to the hotel (as if I hadn't bought enough yarn already!). Colinette no longer produce their beautiful yarns so once the available stocks have gone that will be it. (sad face here).<br />
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If you're really interested there are several more on YouTube (you might want to turn the soundtrack off).<br />
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Once I'd worn myself out at the Festival on Saturday I headed back into Edinburgh to visit the Dovecot Studio and gallery. To quote their brochure, they are "a landmark centre for contemporary art, craft and design built around a leading international tapestry studio." I have an interest in tapestry weaving so I was keen to visit, especially as the viewing balcony was open. I'll make a separate post of the visit so I don't bore you to death if you're not interested. More to follow too of meanderings around Edinburgh and a visit to the Rosslyn Chapel. Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-70253385905537370482017-03-04T19:33:00.000+00:002017-03-04T19:33:20.135+00:00New Year, New PostI make no apologies for my absence here. Blogging seems to be drifting for everyone these days as social media takes over but I wanted to record some of my weaving projects in case it helps others who are struggling as I am to make the woven fabric into useful garments. I'm not even sure how much I've spoken about weaving here but it is my avowed passion, ousting sewing and painting, although I do still dabble with some painting. With arthritic hands and fingers, weaving is the least painful of the artistic endeavours open to me.<br />
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I recently wove a black mixed pre-wound Saori warp and it told me it wanted to be a jacket. Much of Saori clothing is based around the kimono shape which is basically rectangles so, how hard can it be?!<br />
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The overall length of the fabric is 3.2 metres by approx 38cms. In theory it wasn't quite enough fabric for the top I wanted to make so I had to do a bit of judicious cutting and stitching back together. I knew all that patchwork would come in handy.<br />
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I was very good and made a cotton mock-up (toile) from a piece of sheet. I had a Saori pattern for a t-shaped jumper but, just to be awkward I wanted mine to be like a cardigan, open at the front. I was struggling with the actual construction and a friend of mine helped me to get to grips with that. Added to that a wonderful Facebook group gave me the solution to how to join the sleeves into the main body so I've had a great day today making the jacket.<br />
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These two photos may not be that clear but I sewed the sections together in a set order so that the top and bottom were connected first and then the sleeve seams closed. <br />
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So, in order to get the right size pieces I had to do some cutting up. If you're cutting woven fabric you need to stitch either side of the intended cut to stop everything unravelling. <br />
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Excuse the terrible photo but it was very sunny today. I didn't have enough fabric to make the lower body section so I used the toile to map out how much I needed to piece to fill the gap.<br />
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It was a bit of a bodge job but actually it works well as you'll see in a minute.<br />
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The tricky part was getting the join at the underarm to work and be neat. In the photo above the sleeve is forming the leg of the T shape. I sewed the bodice seams first and closed the sleeve last. There is a very useful video on YouTube that helped me get my head round this.<br />
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I have added a pocket to the left front and I still need to sort out the fringes but it's been a long day so that's a job for tomorrow. This has been quite a learning curve as I've never made a jacket before. Needless to say this isn't lined as generally Saori is left unlined. <br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-9364750135960499712016-11-04T20:23:00.000+00:002016-11-04T20:23:26.637+00:00Autumnal BeltonEarlier this week we took heed of the weather forecast which was casting doom and gloom about the temperatures for the next few days and took advantage of the beautiful sunshine to visit our local National Trust property <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house">Belton House</a>. We thought the children would have been back at school after half-term but evidently they had an inset day so it was pretty busy but the beauty of Belton is that it's large enough for everyone.<br />
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The colours in the gardens were wonderful so I'll let the photos do the talking.<br />
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The lake with a party of swans looked wonderful and was very peaceful without its usual company of geese. Presumably they are still on their way.<br />
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The walls of the Orangery were covered in ladybirds, or more accurately ladybeetles that originated in Asia. Apparently these bugs are becoming a nuisance in America so it seems it might be our turn now.<br />
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One of the offending lady beetles.<br />
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These are the fruits on a Spindle Tree. I thought they looked a bit like butterflies. You would think that they were flowers but, no, they are the fruits.<br />
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This fungus was on a trees tump down by the lake. The fungus ran in a line along the track of the roots too.<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-44605666247980170582016-10-14T17:04:00.000+01:002016-10-14T17:04:58.957+01:00Autumnal EastonThe sunshine this morning drew us out to a local garden for some autumn colour and lunch out. <a href="http://www.visiteaston.co.uk/">Easton Walled Garden</a> is just off the A1 about 8 miles south of Grantham and has been a work in progress 2001 and every visit brings something new. <br />
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Today the gardens were very quiet and the staff outnumbered the visitors which made it all the more pleasant to wander around with unhindered views.<br />
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This lovely Virginia Creeper greeted us as we entered the gardens.<br />
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I didn't know they flowered but I suppose logically they must!<br />
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We had lunch outside as it was quite warm and the light was catching trees in the distance.<br />
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By the time we'd eaten the clouds had built up and veiled the sun.<br />
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This border still looks very elegant as it slips delicately into Autumn.<br />
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This espalier (pear?) had a magical quality to it.<br />
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Looking back to where we had lunch.<br />
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I'm sure the children will enjoy this display when the gardens open again on Sunday. They'll also enjoy gathering lots of conkers in the carpark, they were falling everywhere.<br />
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Not sure who this guy was, paparazzi no doubt 😜<br />
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Beautiful mosses atop a low wall.<br />
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Just to taunt us the sun popped out again just as we made our way out. Starting on 19th and running till the end of the month there's going to be a <a href="http://www.visiteaston.co.uk/whats-on/event-calendar">pumpkin rolling event</a> to coincide with half-term. I'm hoping we'll find time to pop out there again as it's bound to be a good photo opportunity. I think they have 200 pumpkins for the children to roll.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-14622590826318153272016-09-25T21:00:00.002+01:002016-11-05T12:43:49.881+00:00BrittanyHave I really not blogged since July? That'll be because I've been struggling with my poorly foot and I've stayed fairly close to home during that time. I finally got to see a podiatrist who set me on the road to recovery so we were able to go on a planned holiday a couple of weeks ago. <br />
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Many years ago when I was a mere schoolgirl I had a French pen-friend who lived in Brittany and I spent 3 weeks enjoying all the beautiful country and culture that Brittany had to offer. This month we went back courtesy of our local coach company and were able to visit Concarneau, Quimper, Benodet and Pont Aven. En route to our hotel at Concarneau we visited <a href="http://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/discover/normandy-must-sees/the-10-top-normandy-must-sees/mont-saint-michel-106-2.html">Mont St Michel</a>, the sister to St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.<br />
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The last time I was here you could walk across to the Mont but recently a footbridge has been built across the sands and access is by foot, push-me-pull-you bus or horse drawn cart. <br />
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Looking back from the Mont to the mainland the footbridge feeds thousands of people across the sands. The tide here moves at an alarming rate when it comes in and you wouldn't outrun it if caught out. I heard that it comes under the sand and saturates it to the point where it breaks the surface and rushes on. <br />
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After a security check by police we had a bit of a wander. We didn't get far because of my gammy foot but enjoyed this amazing structure.<br />
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I have my DH to thank for this photo of the beautiful turrets atop the abbey and the following ones too.<br />
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We gave up trying to walk on cobbles and took to the walls for a short walk.<br />
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Our base for the week was the Hotel de l'Océan at <a href="http://www.tourismeconcarneau.fr/?lang=en">Concarneau</a>. It is placed right on the bay and we were lucky to have a sea view.<br />
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Our first day was spent in Concarneau and we rode a little road train to get to the old town.<br />
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Behind the town walls are beautiful gardens, cobbled streets, town walls to walk round and interesting back yards.<br />
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Going back on the little train (let down by my foot again for a longer visit) I took a chance pic of the beautiful flower beds in the centre of the road,<br />
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My pen-friend came from Quimper and we paid a visit here the next day. Blustery showers took us into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quimper_Cathedral">cathedral</a> which had some amazing stained glass, some of it from the 20th century.<br />
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This window was designed and made in 1993 by Hungarian <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/288324">Anna Stein</a> and recalls the life of Santik Du (The little black saint) or Jean Discalceat a local Franciscan who looked after the poor and plague-ridden residents in the 14th century and died of plague himself. </div>
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This building above is the <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g187100-d1332826-Reviews-Les_Cariatides-Quimper_Finistere_Brittany.html">Cafe Des Cariatides</a> with its beautiful stone carvings.<br />
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I'll have to come back and add links for the glass artists. (now added).<br />
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It was lovely to be in Quimper again and the area around the cathedral certainly brought back memories. It was lovely to be able to speak some French for a while too and mostly I was understood and understood what was said to me. I'll be back with the rest of the trip in a few days.<br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-85113440096959616382016-07-14T19:14:00.000+01:002016-07-14T19:14:18.462+01:00Poldark Country<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we were staying in beautiful Cornwall we took the chance to do a tour with <a href="http://www.chrisbarnardphotography.com/photography-tours">Chris and Carolyn Barnard </a>aka <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/961348817249281/">Magic of Poldark</a> on Facebook. Chris and Carolyn picked us up at our holiday flat on a less than wonderful morning weather wise and we were soon on our way to our first destination, <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/st-agnes-head">St Agnes Head</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't think Chris will thank me for this very wet photo of them but it just shows you can have fun regardless of the weather</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above, looking north towards Perranporth through the rain. Below, looking south towards St Ives, just beyond the shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This quay has been used in various dramas as its quayside sheds and warehouses can still provide a realistic backdrop. The ship in the harbour has actually been used in the filming of Poldark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My artist's eye was attracted by this bollard on the pier and its frayed rope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Porthgwarra Cove provided the swimming scene for Ross Poldark in the 2015 version of the story and is a beautiful spot. The slipway to the beach is extremely steep and not for the fainthearted or wobbly footers but there is an alternative route down. (We didn't bother). Our route took us up and over the headland, except for my Dh who unfortunately lost his footing and had to take a rest. I manfully walked on with Chris to get some photos from the top but sadly by this time my own foot problem was making my life difficult too. The climb was worth it for the view of the Scillonian III coming back from the Isles of Scilly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stewart and I were both feeling our ages by the time we got to Botallack and Stewart's leg was causing him some bother but I am so glad we made the effort. <a href="http://ednoveanfarm.co.uk/blog/the-crowns-engine-houses-botallack-mine/">The Crowns </a>engine houses are so iconic and I am delighted to have seen them and the amazing light on the water.</span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-68941467982170003202016-07-05T22:40:00.001+01:002016-07-05T22:40:26.586+01:00A Very Special Day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in March my dear hubby and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary. When we were thinking about it coming up Stewart suggested that we mark the occasion by renewing our wedding vows in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">St Ives which has a special place in our hearts. We had found out during the Arts Festival last year that the little </span><a href="http://stivestowncouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/St-Nicholas-Chapel.History.pdf" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chapel</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on the island is available for hire for wedding blessings so where better to have our ceremony? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The so-called 'island' dominates the lovely town of St Ives,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and Porthmeor beach sweeps away below it,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fittingly, the tenth wedding anniversary is 'tin' and Cornwall is the home of tin and tin-mining and as my family roots are in tin-mining in Cornwall everything seemed to fall into place. We were introduced to two wonderful ladies who make up <a href="http://www.cornishcelebrants.co.uk/">Cornish Celebrants</a> and they stepped us through the construction of the ceremony. We were able to meet up with them the week before the ceremony at the Royal Cornwall Show where they had a stand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet Nicola and Denise, two warm and supportive ladies. They took all the potential worry out of the day and conducted the ceremony with sincerity but also joy and warmth. We had about 20 friends and family to share the occasion and we had so much fun, along with a few lumps in the throat and a tear or two. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few mementoes to remember those who couldn't share the day with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notice the chairs that the Council very kindly supplied for us poor pensioners to sit on; we both had poorly legs and thought we might find it uncomfortable to stand for half an hour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had read about hand fasting online and wanted to include this ancient symbol of binding us together as a couple and made a woven sash inspired by the beautiful colours of the sea and shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stewart was dancing with joy by the end of the ceremony (to Dance the Night Away' by the Mavericks), despite having a torn muscle in his leg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not sure what he had said to Nicola but she obviously enjoyed it :-) All too soon it was time to go back out into the glorious sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All our lovely friends and family who had either made the trip to Cornwall or live there already (lucky devils!). Not least my lovely stepson Jamie who made a holiday for himself round our event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keeping with the informal tone we adjourned to the pub, The Lifeboat Inn to be exact, and I was completely overwhelmed to find that they had set up an area of the bar especially for our party. We had asked them if they could cope with us bringing 20ish people for lunch as we knew they didn't take bookings but we were prepared to wait if they could just accommodate us. It was just wonderful to find they had gone to so much trouble for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a lovely relaxed late lunch and everyone got on really well, considering most hadn't met before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photographs here were mostly taken by a St Ives resident, Steve Lynton, who we've met through a Facebook group and who has become a very dear and warm friend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you Steve. I know there are many more photos to come from other friends so I'll share a few of those when they arrive. We felt like we were being 'Papped' with all the cameras going off. That's what happens when your friends are keen photographers :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our special friends Carolyn and Margaret gave us a little tin mine made from the last of the Cornish tin to remember the day by,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you <a href="http://imac-photosfromthemindseye.blogspot.co.uk/">Stewart</a> for 10 busy, happy, wonderful years, for all your love and support. You're one very special man xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one's for you Mum xxx</span>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-81464849156277453342016-05-28T17:53:00.003+01:002016-05-28T17:54:47.459+01:00Colour Spinning<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I've been along to a monthly meeting of South Lincolnshire Spinners and Weavers and am for once happy with what I've managed to achieve. One of the members put a lot of work into giving us an introduction to colour mixing and blending of fibres. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We started by choosing an image to work with and then selected 5 main colours from the image that summed the scene up for us. The task was then to make colour patches with water media that would guide us towards blending our fibres. We were advised to choose a light, medium and dark tone from the image and make sure we had these in our final choices. M had made worksheets to enable us to work in a controlled way and to keep a good record of how we had arrived at our blends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I chose a postcard of a work by artist <a href="http://artuk.org/discover/artists/graham-peter-18361921">Peter Graham</a>. I haven't got on well using hand carders before but M, the tutor, loaned me a set and with her help I got some good mixes. I have struggled previously with using carders as they've hurt my hands but M's method was much less stressful. I've done a lot of colour theory work when I was painting so the colour mixing wasn't too difficult, although using wool does make it a little harder. I didn't card a lot of each colour and chose to spin them as one long length rather than separate the colours out. Hopefully you can see the colours I achieved. As usual it's a bit over-spun and corkscrewy but I'm hoping that will even out when I wash it to finish it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are a few of the other efforts from the group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We all started with identical sets of the primary colours plus black and white. M had no confidence in her colour mixing ability but perfectly reflected the colours from her image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Isn't this blend based on irises beautiful?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wendy echoed the beautiful colours in her sunset and you can see the original colours we all started with on her worksheet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had quite a table full of colour and inspiration by the end of the afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Best of all were the exuberant blends made by two young children who had come along with their Mum's. They were both less than 10 years of age and were so busy we didn't even know they were there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aren't they wonderful? Artists in the making.</span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-6473620625396601072016-04-25T21:47:00.001+01:002016-04-25T21:47:50.493+01:00Wonderwool Wales<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's been a while! I'll catch up later but for now I'll tell you about our latest adventure. Do you remember <a href="http://mixedmedia-jem.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/three-go-wild-in-yorkshire.html">Three Go Wild in Yorkshire</a>? Well, this weekend one of the three and I went on an adventure to Wales. As you know recently I have been drawn more and more into the world of wool and all things fibre so the chance to spend a weekend in beautiful countryside with lots of wool and sheep was too tempting. My dear friend and 'taxi driver' collected me on Friday morning and we had a good journey down to Builth Wells, or thereabouts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we only decided to go at the last minute our not-quite 5 star accommodation was a pleasant caravan on a very beautiful site just north of BW. Unfortunately its heating system was archaic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're not joking! This was us on Friday evening all dressed up to relax in the sitting room. We went to bed in our respective rooms with almost as much on! I can't remember ever having to sleep in a fleece with the hood up before. Saturday morning saw us in the neighbouring town buying electric heaters so at least we were warm for the rest of the stay. Yes, we should have complained but we both thought we could use heaters for our studios at home anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once through the doors friend and I made a bee-line for the stand of <a href="http://www.pmwoolcraft.co.uk/">P&M Woolcraft </a>and scooped a beautiful portable spinning wheel each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a Louet Victoria spinning wheel and they are very dinky. The wheel is only 14" across and they fold up for transport so I can take it to groups and maybe even on holiday :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's a surprise! They're both of the Saori weaving stand. If you check out the Wonderwool website you can have a look at the galleries of photos of previous years' events. I'm sure this year's photos will be up soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think our success in buying the Louets and the general atmosphere sent us both a bit fluff crazy and before long we had made 3 trips to the bag creche with bags of beautiful fibre and yarns. If you have a look <a href="https://emmelinesplace.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/wonderwoolwales-part-one/">here </a>you can read what we got up to. I have to say I was a complete innocent in the bag burping episode but we did have absolute hysterics. You had to be there, and the German lady who sat with us drinking her cuppa said she was glad she had been and that she wouldn't forget her visit! I have never laughed so much for years! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What with racing to buy the Louets and falling about in hysterics we ran out of steam by mid afternoon so left a little early but we were back bright and early on Sunday for another full day of enjoying beautiful hand made goodies and a few more restrained purchases. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is some of the fibre and yarn that is going to keep me busy for the rest of the year and probably the next 5! The long white box is a swift for skeining yarn once I've spun it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sunday was a much quieter day and I think a few people may have been disappointed if they visited <a href="https://www.jarbon.com/">John Arbon'</a>s stand. We bought some beautiful blends of fibre from them on Saturday and by Sunday the infamous burping bags of fleece had all disappeared along with a lot of the loose fibres on this stand. The prices were very reasonable and I'm sure their website is still full of lots of lovliness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We both had a spin on our new wheels back at the caravan and they run very sweetly. I can't wait to take mine out and about. This morning we woke up early, disturbed by passing traffic, and since the electricity went off just as I was about to have some breakfast we decided to beat a hasty retreat back to Lincolnshire before the icy temperatures descended again. We had a surprisingly easy journey home and my husband is still breathing after seeing the new wheel and the number of bags I brought home. Bless!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now then, where are all those cottages for next year's accommodation?</span><br />
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DH and his friend had gone out to their chosen viewpoint early but many many people had got the same idea.<br />
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Here she comes!<br />
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I liked the wind-turbine in the background contrasting with the older steam power.<br />
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And there she goes. As we live along the East Coast mainline we will no doubt have the chance to see her again at some time but today was special.<br />
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I enjoyed my walk and snapped a favourite group of trees on the way,<br />
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I love these stately Silver Birch trees and they looked spectacular in the sunshine today.<br />
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This should have been my photograph of the Flying Scotsman but she snuck up on me and I missed my chance. Thank goodness for DH! By the way, all those 'Low Bridge' signs are no use at all. Apparently drivers of high vehicles are incapable of reading or understanding the signs and regularly hit the bridge. Sigh.<br />
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PS Eek! I've just discovered this is my 900th post! Who knew I had so much to say? lol <br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-3539557191394165692016-02-25T18:02:00.000+00:002016-02-25T18:02:02.328+00:00February Already and Nearly GoneTime has done its usual trick of rushing past way too quickly and now it's nearly the end of February. Since last checking in here DH and I have fought off two horrible snotty colds each but have still managed to achieve quite a bit for this time of year. <br />
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Weaving has kept me busy both on the new Saori loom and on my little SampleIt rigid heddle. I've done about 2 and a half metres on the Saori but the light is too poor to photograph it today being as it's 5.00pm and getting dark. I have made a scarf on the rigid heddle though and forced it onto my stepson's partner. Happily she liked it, enthusiastically!<br />
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On the quilting front I have made two smallish quilts since Christmas. One for our impendng grandchild and one for the dog! Sadly the only photograph I have is of the dog's quilt in progress.<br />
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In fact I only used the left section of 4x5 squares and have 16 remaining to make a Linus quilt with. I did it QAYG with a fleece backing and it turned out really well and was well received.<br />
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Returning to Saori, at the beginning of February and despite being full of colds, I dragged DH to Norwich to see the display forming part of Makers Month at <a href="http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk/">Norwich Forum</a>. The first week of Makers Month focussed on Fibre and as part of that <a href="http://thesaorished.co.uk/">The Saori Shed</a> displayed all the banners people, including me, had made as well as letting the public have a play on Saori looms.<br />
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You can probably see from the photo above how vast The Forum building is. My skinny banner is up there next to the blue banner.<br />
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The White and Blue banners above were made by the same lady and interpret Air and Water. <br />
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The red and the brown banners above were made by the same lady as above and picture Fire and Earth. I particularly like the sectioned parts of Earth.<br />
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Other fibre crafts were featured and there were more through in the auditorium.<br />
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This technique was fascinating. The banners have remained on display all month and can still be seen up to this weekend. <br />
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<a href="http://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/">Norwich</a> is a beautiful city and we stayed over so we had time to explore.<br />
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Click on the image above to see how lovely this view is of Norwich Cathedral across the field. It reminded me very much of Salisbury Cathedral from this distance.<br />
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Norwich Cathedral has some beautiful stained glass,<br />
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from modern,<br />
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to mediaeval. The glass above is mediaeval made from recovered broken pieces.<br />
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On our way back to the station we passed some interesting shops, <br />
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and a beautiful <a href="http://oldcity.org.uk/norwich/tours/arcade/index.php">art nouveau arcade</a> which housed the <a href="http://www.colmans.co.uk/our-history">Colmans Mustard</a> Museum.<br />
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If you're not fed up yet I'll just mention that we also saw Brian Conley at Norwich Playhouse while we were there (very funny show) and have since been to the Royal Albert Hall in London (on a coach trip) to see Cirque du Soleil in their amazing show Amaluna. Wow! What an experience! I think I might believe in magic!<br />
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Do watch the amazing video above, it's worth the time. Suffice to say, in the atmosphere of the Albert Hall we were mesmerised. <br />
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Last but not least, today we've watched The Flying Scotsman on its inaugural journey through our home town on its way to York. I'll post that separately.<br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-1092512139764164872016-01-30T20:51:00.000+00:002016-01-30T20:51:42.192+00:00New adventures<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, two weeks after my visit to Diss and <a href="http://www.thesaorished.co.uk/">The Saori Shed</a> , yesterday saw a delivery to our house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That decision didn't take long did it? I was lucky enough that Kim at the Saori Shed had the loom I wanted in stock so it was here within two days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The instructions that come with the loom are very clear and detailed but it helps if you really read them properly and pay attention to the photographs. It comes out of the box with only a few bits to hook on, clip on or slot on and a few bolts to screw down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you've attached the bobbin winder you take hold of what's called the inside set which is the heddles (those stringy looking metal things), the reed and the warp on its support. You may spot the deliberate mistake in the photo above. Those hooks holding the heddles are supposed to fit through the holes on the heddle bar. Error number one but not too serious as I eventually spotted it. Happily I got the heddle the right way up indicated by the blue colouring across the top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unhappily I got this fitting of the warp roller wrong. That lever is the brake and is in the wrong place at this stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is what it should look like. It stops the warp roller from coming loose which turned out to be rather important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is where things started to go a bit adrift. You might be able to see above that the warp is already hanging rather loosely behind the loom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This pre-wound warp is supposed to go on really easily and normally it would but messing about with the roller meant that part of the warp sprang loose and I had a bit of a mess. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was looking a bit of a mess at the weaving end too. You know how it is with something new and unfamiliar to you. You think you have an idea of what needs to be done to sort it out but you're too scared to try in case the whole lot (of warp in this case, all 6 metres of it) ends up looking like spaghetti on the floor. I gave up last night other than asking a Facebook group for some help which one lady in particular gave and which I had a go at (and which was sound advice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today Kim kindly rang me up and talked it through and the answer, which I knew really, was to wind all the loose warp towards the front until I reached the tauter warp. Then it was a question of pulling and combing at the tangles until it was all smooth and then getting a glamorous assistant aka my husband to hold it all taut while I wound it back on the warping beam. Success!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not my best weaving but so much better than I thought I was going to get to today and I didn't lose any warp! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am busy quilting too, have no fear, and I've almost finished a baby quilt. No, not for me ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-49788599808112278332016-01-16T17:21:00.001+00:002016-01-16T17:30:56.791+00:00The Saori Shed<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, I managed to get there despite the cough and I've had a fabulous two days at the <a href="http://www.thesaorished.co.uk/">Saori Shed</a> in <a href="http://www.britainexpress.com/villages/diss.htm">Diss</a>, Norfolk. I'd never been to Diss before and was pleasantly surprised to find a really lovely market town with many historical buildings and houses and a beautiful mere (lake) in the middle of the town park. Unfortunately I didn't have time to be much of a tourist so I don't have photographs except for one of the market on Friday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The church sits on a hill above the market place, higher than it looks in this photo. The Saori Shed was past the market and up the hill to the left, a bit of a challenge first thing in the morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Saori Shed sits within what used to be a department store in Diss which now houses Designer Makers @21. The atmosphere is welcoming and friendly and people were popping in all day although I was so busy there wasn't time to chat other than with Kim and the fellow weavers. Kim was a great teacher and also a great supplier of a constant supply of tea! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My aim in taking the workshop was to discover as much as I could about different techniques as well as getting the feel of using a floor loom. By way of keeping the techniques in my memory I'm going to record them here. ( I'm short on photos so may come back and edit this tomorrow).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Above, I learned how to make a window in the weave and will be wrapping the groups of warp currently adjacent to the yellow which don't have any yarn on them. The area to the right above the window has an additional warp added in and you can pull that warp to one side to make a detail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You add the additional warp from cones placed behind the loom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I liked the effect in the orange area which was achieved by tensioning the warp behind the heddle. It's either a two man job or you can achieve the effect with a rod. The pink and blue yarn above this area was made using the bobbin winder. It's a bit fiddly but fun to make and very random in its result.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Equally this chevron effect was achieved by winding two yarns together on the bobbin winder and then reversing the direction of wind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over the course of the two days I managed to produce the piece above which is about 6 feet long. It is purely a collection of techniques and won't be made into anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Saori Shed is an inspirational space for a new weaver with lots of lovely yarns to tempt you and Kim's work hanging on the walls to inspire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I didn't get time to try this effect but know how to go about it and I really like it for a different finish to a scarf or even clothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course, some of you will probably be wondering whether I've already ordered myself a Saori loom, being the impetuous type. Weeeeeeeell! Actually, no, not yet. That's not to say I won't ,but for once I'm taking my time. Watch this space!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PS I stayed a short walk way from the centre at <a href="http://cobwebsbandb.co.uk/">Cobwebs Bed and Breakfast</a> on<a href="https://fairgreendiss.wordpress.com/fair-green-history/the-story-of-diss-fair/"> Fair Green</a>. I hadn't realised I was staying in such illustrious company. If you follow <a href="https://fairgreendiss.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/suzanne-kayne-awarded-honoured-citizen-of-diss/">this </a>link you can see the owner of the B&B I stayed at, a valued member of the Diss community She has the nost beautiful black cat too and a beautiful home, a perfect base for a short break which I hope we night take before too long. Diss is definitely worth a second visit.</span><br />
Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632847120981731957.post-64331344410214700482016-01-09T20:33:00.001+00:002016-01-09T20:33:45.236+00:00Saori BannerOne year into the new year and himself and myself are already sick. Ok, it's nothing serious but we've both got the really disgusting cough and cold that's going about and it's so debillitating! So far we've missed a new year holiday and a party tonight so we're not happy bunnies. Who knew a cough could get you so low?<br />
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OK. Moan over, we are on the mend after all. Well, almost. Before the germs hit we had a quiet but enjoyable Christmas with some friends. It seems a long time ago now. Fortunately I got lots of chocolate which I've heard is good for coughs so I will have to force myself to eat it. Cough!<br />
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This last week in between feeling rotten I've been working on a banner for an event at Norwich <a href="http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk/whatson/2016-02-01/Makers'%20Month%20at%20The%20Forum/Makers'%20Month">Forum</a> in February. I found out about the event through <a href="http://www.thesaorished.co.uk/">The Saori Shed</a> at Diss where I am hoping to go next week if this cold is under control.<br />
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I tried a few new things with this banner. I havn't worked text or shapes before so thought I'd have a go. <br />
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I've also incorporated a floating weft, as it's called. You carry the weft (cross thread) from row to row so that it hangs loose.<br />
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This fabric needs to be washed tomorrow and finished but I'm very happy with it and hope Kim at The Saori Shed will like it for the display. It's about 6' long, although I havn't measured. I'll hope to get a photo of it hanging tomorrow but I was impatient to show it off.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com7