A very Happy New Year to everyone. Well, Christmas and New Year come and
gone! All that preparation and whoosh,
it’s all over. Despite the rising
sense of panic I was eventually ready before Christmas Day and everyone who
should have, had cards and presents (I think).
We went away for a few days at New Year so I haven’t done
much in the way of making things but I have had time to read some of the lovely
books I was given. If I follow all the instructions and tips in
them I should be on the way to getting some great results. During our time away, I paid a brief visit
to the Wool Clip, in Caldbeck, Cumbria, www.woolclip.com
where, as well as admiring the superb textile
work, I had a lovely chat with Marion Woolcott who weaves beautiful scarves and
who was very generous with her advice.
It was well worth the visit – I’ll certainly go again..
Once again, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to finish a
project before I start the next one – I’ve not been very successful so
far. In fact, I’ve been trying to decide where to start – shall I
continue with the strip patchwork pictures I’ve started, or should I do some
nuno felting, make some bags or do some machine embroidery. Actually, I think the decision will be
easy! Today, my son-in-law lent Liz and
I two looms – one large and one small. We
both remember weaving at school but neither of us have ever set up the warp
before so, tomorrow we intend to see if we can set up the small one. If we can, we intend to make a start on our first
scarf – watch this space – it will be a steep learning curve! I’m sure that we’ll get there eventually – and
that, as usual, there will be lots of laughter mixed in with the curses.
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