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.
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 but 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 unique
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 done at course at the Devon Weavers Workshop in May 2009 on "Advance" I have gone 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
Some of my scenes are for sale at
North Farm Gallery in the Isles of Scilly
I am on the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Weavers Spinners and Dyers which is keeping me busy. I am a member of the Oxford Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers and the Kennet Valley Guild
Contact Angela Pawlyn 01235 833361
