Weave Been Sew Busy

Weave Been Sew Busy Weaving is basically a solitary occupation, but I feel the history of previous owners within the shuttles and looms. Yes, it is slow work.

The items are for everyday living, yet
these should evoke good memories, happy moments, lift your spirits and comfort your soul. I’ve chosen to do the traditional crafts of hand spinning, weaving and sewing as part of how I express myself creatively and make a comfortable home. But in a world where speediness, instant access and instant gratification rules, the feeling and practice of slow and

deliberate is something I appreciate and enjoy. The process of creating a piece of cloth by hand involves lots of time. Spinning and weaving represents hours of reflection, planning and contemplation. So, it’s absolutely true that I have a lot of time on my hands. And inside all of that time is where the work becomes exquisite.

Doing a little weaving today "I think your Irish is showing." Happy St Patrick's Day
03/17/2023

Doing a little weaving today
"I think your Irish is showing." Happy St Patrick's Day

Completed weaving of the bespoke center seam 2 panel blanket. Time for stitching the center seam, hemming and fulling.
04/19/2021

Completed weaving of the bespoke center seam 2 panel blanket. Time for stitching the center seam, hemming and fulling.

The weaving for the bespoke center seam blanket is coming along nicely
04/09/2021

The weaving for the bespoke center seam blanket is coming along nicely

Using left over Easter egg dye to dye some scraps of wool roving/sliver for some scrappy knit hats.
04/03/2021

Using left over Easter egg dye to dye some scraps of wool roving/sliver for some scrappy knit hats.

Taking a break from threading, getting some rag rugs done.
03/10/2021

Taking a break from threading, getting some rag rugs done.

Finally have finished the dyeing for a bespoke Country Walk inspired center seamed wool blanket and getting it on Maggie...
03/06/2021

Finally have finished the dyeing for a bespoke Country Walk inspired center seamed wool blanket and getting it on Maggie (our 45" Berea loom).

12/14/2020

Remembering that this season is not joyful for everyone...
Artwork: Elizabeth Okie Paxton

09/24/2020
09/22/2020

A beautiful moment of intergenerational learning.
Mrs Catherine MacDonald spinning at a wheel, watched by granddaughter Peggy, at Kinagarry on the West Coast of Scotland.

Grandmother MacDonald is using a simple but strongly-built 'little' or 'Saxony' wheel. This was a static form of spinning, but the ancient mobile form of spinning with a distaff and spindle would still be being used in the late nineteenth century by girls tending the flocks.

This photograph was taken by MEM Donaldson around 1905. She was a skilled photographer and specialised in topographical scenes and in portraits of her neighbours at Sanna, of people in Morar and Arisaig, and of the people she met on her travels around rural Scotland.

Today's dyeing. More warp and weft for a wool blanket.
09/19/2020

Today's dyeing. More warp and weft for a wool blanket.

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