At the end of a workshop in a primary school a Year 3 girl said to me "This has been the best morning of my life.". I am delighted by the enthusiasm of children for weaving (boys as much as girls). I have also had the pleasure of teaching some very enthusiastic adults.
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The craft of weaving is fascinating because there are. almost endless ways that the craft can be developed .I started by weaving rugs and cushions and at present I am mainly weaving scarves, wraps and pictures .
I use a lot of silk in my weaving and I offer a talk on "Silk - from Cocoon to scarf".
I have cut right down on Craft Fairs this year and I plan to spend more time on my garden and experimenting with my weaving, However, visitors are always welcome at my home in East Hendred
I weave scarves and wraps in silk and other luxury yarns. I dye quite a lot of the yarn so each scarf is unrepeatable.
When I started weaving I enjoyed experimenting with patterns but since I started randomly dyeing my warps I have used a lot of plain weave so as not to distract from the variations in colour
Having just done at course at the Devon Weavers Workshop on "Advance" I am going to back to experimenting with patterns. The picture below shows a scarf on the loom using the warp which I also used for sampling at the workshop. The warp is lambs-wool and having experimented with weft yarns I have decided to use silk for the weft
On
the loom
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1 weave scenes using hand-spun silk and wool inlaid on linen
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These scenes are based on the Isles
of Scilly. I also weave landscape scenes
Vouchers for Scarves and tuition
£90 will buy a scarf in pure silk, luxury fibres such as alpaca, and lambswool - or a mixture of the two. Typical length 6-8ft
£55 will buy a short silk scarf, or a thicker weave in silk and lambs-wool
£30/25 will buy a scarf woven in thick wool.
£36 will be a days tuition for an adult
£10 will buy a 2 hour workshop for a school age child
I will exchange scarves bought for presents for one of the same value in a different colour or texture.
Contact Angela Pawlyn 01235 833361
Last updated 15/05/2009
