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image jems: 2016
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Saturday, 3 December 2016. Shetland 2016: Day Twenty two: Arriving Home. The journey from Knaresborough to home seemed short and there were no hold ups. In fact I didn't write a thing in my journal! We were home about 15.30 and then of course it was unpacking,sorting through the mound of post that had built up and finding a home for our purchases. We arrived at ...
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image jems: End of 2016, start of 2017
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Sunday, 1 January 2017. End of 2016, start of 2017. I loved knitting the cockleshell edge and used many wool knitting markers(1) to make counting stitches easier. At one stage in the cockleshell pattern there were 781 stitches on the needles. I needed an extra 40 cm needle for these rows. I managed to block it on my large blocking board - it just about fitted.
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image jems: December 2016
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Saturday, 3 December 2016. Shetland 2016: Day Twenty two: Arriving Home. The journey from Knaresborough to home seemed short and there were no hold ups. In fact I didn't write a thing in my journal! We were home about 15.30 and then of course it was unpacking,sorting through the mound of post that had built up and finding a home for our purchases. Textile design...
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image jems: Shetland 2016 : Day Twenty one - Rheged and Bowes Museum
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Wednesday, 30 November 2016. Shetland 2016 : Day Twenty one - Rheged and Bowes Museum. An interesting piece - thought it was great when I saw it in the exhibition but now I am home I 'm not so sure. ( Fortunately, it stayed in the exhibition! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shetland 2016 : Day Twenty one - Rheged and Bowes . Textile designer-maker who is als...
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image jems: A tiny Lancashire Loom
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Friday, 27 January 2017. A tiny Lancashire Loom. This is a really special vintage loom from my collection that I have had for a few years. It is also called Lancashire's Smallest Loom, made by A Chesstok of Manchester. Original cost was 5/- or Five shillings which translates to 25 pence in the current currency. 28 January 2017 at 08:25. 30 January 2017 at 00:03.
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image jems: Maker's Month at Norwich Forum
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Monday, 6 March 2017. Makers Month at Norwich Forum. The Bavarian spindles are on the left. These were on the sales table. Honeycomb on the loom at the Forum, the wool warp will shrink when washed to accentuate the honeycomb pattern. Our main display piece was Diss Miss - a mannequin fully clothed in knitted and woven items, complete with socks, boots with inkle...
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image jems: October 2016
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Sunday, 30 October 2016. Shetland Day Twelve (part one) : Archives and Knitting Belt. A small section of the Sheila McGregor exhibit - I have used this book for years, it is still great. On the left Garter stitch my previous way and this has also been steamed and blocked. On the right is My new improved method which is still on the needles here. 4) The Shetland ...
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image jems: 2017
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Saturday, 15 April 2017. A thermal petticoat and a bit of sewing machine history. Another exhibit in the recent V and A 'undressed exhibition' that intrigued me was a thermal petticoat dated 1860. It was part of the V and A collection and is usually in Room 122, case 2 if you are interested and also part of the V and A online collection. It used one thread and f...
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image jems: March 2017
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Monday, 6 March 2017. Makers Month at Norwich Forum. The Bavarian spindles are on the left. These were on the sales table. Honeycomb on the loom at the Forum, the wool warp will shrink when washed to accentuate the honeycomb pattern. Our main display piece was Diss Miss - a mannequin fully clothed in knitted and woven items, complete with socks, boots with inkle...
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image jems: September 2016
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Fibre . fabric . clothing . style . the impression you give . how you think about yourself - an eclectic mix of theory, techniques and thoughts. Friday, 16 September 2016. The National Exhibition of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers in Killverton House is now on. This is my exhibit of Apple dyed yarn that was selected for this by a panel of three judges. Each set of skeins is dyed with either Apple bark, Apple leaves or Apple 'core plus skin' . So wasn't going to be content with just 3 colours. I am very happy...