I’m back in Glasgow after a long drive and thankful I avoided all the dangerous looking snow! I’m busy getting ready for this weekend at Glasgow’s Tall Ship – Glenlee. If you’ve never been to see the Tall Ship it’s well worth getting wrapped up warm and taking a look. I will be selling my woven goodies at the craft fair – lots of scarves to warm those cold necks, entry is free this weekend and there is even the chance for children to meet Santa (small charge applies). Let’s hope the snow holds off…
I’d like to thank Glasgow Craft Fairs for a successful, well organised event last Saturday. I met lots of talented people and came away with some great ideas to use at my next craft fair which is at The Tall Ship on the weekend of November 27th/28th – 11am to 4pm. Busy busy busy! This week I’m heading south and looking forward to a visit to The Handweavers Studio and Gallery in London. I might even treat myself to some of their lovely looking yarn.
I just got emailed this and thought I’d share as I’ll be there in December – See dates below! Also a quick reminder that I will be at Hillhead Library this Saturday – a chance to get the first pick of my work including scarves, cushions and Christmas Cards.
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My weekends in the run up to Christmas are quickly filling up! Please come see me at the following:
Glasgow Westend Christmas Craft Fair - Hillhead Library – Byres Road. Sat Novemeber 13th – 11am till 4pm.
The Tall Ship Christmas Fair – Glasgow Harbour. Sat 27th/Sun 28th November – 11am till 4pm both days.
Merchant City Market – Merchant Square (Candleriggs) in Glasgow City Centre. Sat 11th/Sun 12th December and Sat 18th/Sun 19th December. Open 11am-6pm on Sat and 12pm-6pm on Sun.
Firebird Christmas Market – Firebird, 1321 Argyle St, Glasgow. Mon December 13th. From 5pm.
I hope to see you there – I better get weaving!
I will be selling my work at several craft fairs leading up to Christmas. The first of which is at Hillhead Library, Byres Road in the Westend of Glasgow on Saturday 13th November, 11am till 4pm. This fair is run by Craft Fairs Scotland.
I will be selling a selection of items including those on my website but also some exciting additions! Do pop along and see…
I’ve just been looking at my Aunt Fran Curran’s Hartford Artisans Weaving Center website. Here’s a photo of the weaving centre I took when I was visiting, as you can see it is a fantastic place packed full of looms.
I found this page explaining the weaving process. I thought I’d post it up for those who are interested in finding out what is involved in weaving from winding the warp to beating the weft.
I am also going to use my blog to document my own weaving process from the start to finish of a project. To start with here’s a picture of a baby wolf loom with all the parts labelled. This is the sort of loom I have although mine does not have the castle shelf.
Here’s a post for my weaving friends in America and in particular NEWS. I went to their weaving conference in July 2009 where I met so many amazing people and enjoyed every minute. Here’s a photo of one my weaving classes:
Each loom was set up with a different weave structure and then we rotated round the room using every loom. In this way by the end of the day we were able to take home our own sample of weaving from each loom. It was also a fun day because I got to try out lots of different looms! I still use these samples to help me design new work.
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