After rather a long Christmas break I am back and ready to talk about what I have achieved lately.
I signed up to do a rag rugging course at Nostell Priory before Christmas because I wanted to learn about crafts from bygone years and to also learn how to do something new. We also got an inside look at what is happening in this very old property in Wakefield which I found very interesting and have now signed up as a volunteer to help with the crafts and re-enactments that take place there over the year to all in all this was a very good move to go and explore different avenues for my life.
My rag rug has been abandoned now though for a while as I take up my knitting again and I am about the have a go at weaving. I saw some very interesting weaving structures at Nostell which reminded my of the work I have been doing at the moment. I totally enjoyed making the constructed surfaces of which I made two and am going to make more with the willow tree that I have in the garden. I always seem to use the same materials for my pieces though so I really should try to use different things - maybe I will in the next project. I have done one fairly regular structure which is predominantly blue which I think works the best and the more messy one doesn't work for me. I feel I prefer work that is in rows and neat rather than messy so I will explore that in more detail in the next project and see if I can be alittle bit freer in my work.
I found the colour work alot more enjoyable this time than I did before and the yarn winding I found matched the colours perfectly and I would like to use both colour combinations within my weaving if that is possible.
I have also been on a day workshop to learn how to spin. This was a great insight into how wool becomes yarn and I would like to learn more about this subject.
I signed up to do a rag rugging course at Nostell Priory before Christmas because I wanted to learn about crafts from bygone years and to also learn how to do something new. We also got an inside look at what is happening in this very old property in Wakefield which I found very interesting and have now signed up as a volunteer to help with the crafts and re-enactments that take place there over the year to all in all this was a very good move to go and explore different avenues for my life.
My rag rug has been abandoned now though for a while as I take up my knitting again and I am about the have a go at weaving. I saw some very interesting weaving structures at Nostell which reminded my of the work I have been doing at the moment. I totally enjoyed making the constructed surfaces of which I made two and am going to make more with the willow tree that I have in the garden. I always seem to use the same materials for my pieces though so I really should try to use different things - maybe I will in the next project. I have done one fairly regular structure which is predominantly blue which I think works the best and the more messy one doesn't work for me. I feel I prefer work that is in rows and neat rather than messy so I will explore that in more detail in the next project and see if I can be alittle bit freer in my work.
I found the colour work alot more enjoyable this time than I did before and the yarn winding I found matched the colours perfectly and I would like to use both colour combinations within my weaving if that is possible.
I have also been on a day workshop to learn how to spin. This was a great insight into how wool becomes yarn and I would like to learn more about this subject.
