You can read about how I got started with weaving, and about the weaving process itself via the About menu; this dips a toe into my background as a weaver, but says nothing about how I actually learned to weave!
In 2022 I quit my job in the Software Engineering industry and joined the JST School of Weaving, a comprehensive online learn-to-weave course run by Canadian Master Weaver, Jane Stafford.
I’ve been weaving full time since then, and in 2024 I completed the Intermediate Certificate of Weaving from the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of NSW. I’m currently studying the Advanced Certificate level, and hoping to attempt the Master level as soon as it becomes available.
If you are interested in reading about my early work as a weaver, you can find all weaving related blog posts below.
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Painting in cloth
I’m inspired to get weaving again, and this time, really learn how to do it well. I’ve made a series of samples for colour and technique based on a painting I have on the wall.Check out how it came out!
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Table Loom Experimentation
Hi folks! I’ve been spending much of my two week vacation time playing with my table loom, and sampling for a new project–a tea towel twill “gamp” (a sample for different twill patterns and colour combinations).
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Weaving is the Bee’s Knees! Well … Feet.
This year I acquired a book I’ve been wanting for a loooong time: Applesies and Fox Noses — Finnish Tabletwoven Bands, by Maikki Karisto and Mervi Pasanen. This book focuses on tablet woven bands from Iron Age Finland, with patterns from, and inspired by, extant bands from the period. It’s an amazing book for a…
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Weaving with a Temple
My husband laughs at the terms I use in weaving. “You’re sleying the reed?? How is that even a thing?” Well, now I’ve started using a “temple”! 😀 This is a device that forces the width of the woven piece to match up correctly with the “dents” in the reed (haha, there I go again). This stops the…
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Birka tablet woven belt
A long, long time ago, in a suburb far, far away … … I wound a very looong warp for tablet weaving a belt. A 292 cm long belt! I used 20 tablets (in reality, playing cards cut into a square shape, with four holes punched at the corners). Each tablet was threaded according to…
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Big reveal: woven tea towels!
I’m excited to finally be able to reveal what I’ve been working away on over the last few months: a set of woven tea towels for my Mum’s birthday! These turned out so well. 😊 Not much like the original sample concept I tried back in January … but since then I managed to borrow a…
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Weaving a special gift
Last year my Mum had a special birthday, and I vowed to make something extra special to mark the occasion! At first I was thinking of making a quilt, inspired by the lovely wonky circles done by Mari of TheQuiltingEdge. I still think that is a great idea (hi Mum!) but I knew I wanted…
