10 days before our trip to the United States on 31 May 2023, I got a new addition to my fleet of looms. An Ashford 16-shaft table loom on a stand! It came in 2 flat pack boxes that DH and I assembled in my […]
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Category: Weaving
Wimbledon 2022
DD and I attended the 2nd day of Wimbledon 2022. We joined The Queue at 6am (luckily DD and SIL live close by) and we received numbers indicating we were just under 2000th in the queue! People had camped overnight in small tents to be […]
A look back to THAT time … (Part 2)
I made 2 pairs of socks – a pair for DH from some wool that knits up identical socks, provided you follow the instructions and first knit one sock and then the other. I get bored very quickly when I have to knit a 2nd […]
A look back to THAT time… (Part 1)
I recently found this post in my drafts! I don’t know why I never sent it, but I guess it was the trauma of the whole period that affected me and my posts! Because it is quite long, I have split it up into multiple […]
Overshot Baby Coverlet
In June 2022 I proposed two Overshot weave-alongs for the Pretoria Weavers Guild. You can read about the first one here. The second one is a Baby Coverlet from Handwoven Sep/Oct 2021. I dyed the yarns I would need for the project in June, just […]
Not just another jacket…
This is a post written in 2020, The Year That Was!!! The Pretoria Weavers Guild end-of-year meeting in November 2019 included a competition of wearables. This is a lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the Pretoria Weavers Guild Exhibition (edit – taking place in Oct/Nov […]
Twas/Twill be the Season to be Towelly, tra la la la…
Christmas time has come and gone, again! And another Christmas is fast approaching!! I love making towels as gifts or small market items, whether they be tea towels, hand towels or face/wash cloths. I have not yet tried weaving a bath towel, but it defeats […]
Overshot Scarf and Runner
This is a pattern from Handwoven Oct/Nov 2019 – Ask Madelyn Overshot Scarf. The warp is white and black cotton and the pattern weft is black sock wool with tabby weft the black cotton used in the warp. All the yarns were dyed by me […]
Matching Bedside rugs and a Moroccan Slingbag besides
Last year I finished a bedside rug for DH. You can read about it here. I had put enough of the cotton warp onto my loom to make a second rug for myself (also in Boundweave, the same structure and pattern as DH’s). DH’s is […]
African Pot Backpack
This backpack is for DS as a belated birthday gift. DS liked the first backpack I made, so I offered to make one if she bought the cotton yarn to make it. Her choice of colours were black, white and grey. I gave her a […]