Selfie wearing my new spiral-striped red and blue naalbound hat and grey wool hood
You’ve already seen in previous posts that I’m selling off some of my fabric stash – well today I’m posting some Naalbound items I have for sale as well Continue reading
Group tapestry project at Alberta Culture Days 2018
In an earlier post I mentioned taking a silk screening workshop at the Natalie Gerber Studio for Alberta Culture Days.
Along with that workshop, I also took one on block printing, and then also attended an interactive hands-on demo about tapestry weaving with textile artist Liv Pedersen. Continue reading
Spinning and embroidery demo at Ghouls Night Out
In late October the SCA group I’m a part of was asked to do a demo at Heritage Park for Ghoul’s Night Out – their Hallowe’en event intended for fairly young children. The group has done it for a number of years, and this is the third year that I’ve participated. Continue reading
Two-ply handspun Romney natural white wool yarn on the borrowed Mason Wheel
Just a quick show-off post today of some new 2-ply wool yarn I’ve spun up on the wheel I’ve been borrowing from a friend. The wool was from Shuttleworks – which is no longer in business. The wool is Romney, from the UK, in natural white.
Working on some potato block printing at Alberta Culture Days
In an earlier post I mentioned taking a silk screening workshop at the Natalie Gerber Studio for Alberta Culture Days.
Along with that workshop, I also took a block printing class with textile designer Charis Birchall. I wasn’t sure what kind of medium we’d be working with when I signed up for the class… but when I got there it became clear – there was a bag of potatoes on the table! Continue reading
Dawn's Dress Diary 