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With the loom fully dressed and the warp tied on with crisp, even tension, it’s time to take a moment to pause and savour the achievement. Everything is set. Now comes the moment every weaver waits for - the shift from p...

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As we prepare for the Art of Fibre Show and Sale on November 14th & 15th at Trillium United Church in St. Catharines, we wanted to take you behind the scenes to see how we’re crafting this year’s raffle prize: a luxuriou...

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I'm anxious. I get anxious every time I start something new - not because I’m scared of making a mistake. I make plenty of mistakes and have learned a lot from them. No, I'm anxious because I don’t mind tackling a task o...

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When I stepped into Wild Earth Yarns in Christchurch, New Zealand, I swear I heard a chorus whispering from the shelves: “Take me home.” The walls were lined with wool yarn in every shade and texture imaginable, and here...

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Sitting on the plane for 14 hours - coughs, crying babies, food smells and the 787 Dreamliner's steady roar - feels like the perfect cue to slip on headphones and plan my first rigid heddle warp, escaping into my own wor...

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I’d rather not admit how long it took me to learn to dress my Jack loom properly. Let’s just say I made every beginner’s mistake. I tied on under the back beam, snapped warp threads while beaming, and watched my lease st...

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I don’t know about you, but I usually lull myself to sleep at night by planning warps. Last night, I was working out a three-stripe warp - turquoise, royal blue and pale limette - with a log cabin structure. I’m still de...

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This was a fun class. I love origami, working with paper and this appealed to me. Your paper bag tears, don’t throw it into recycle, start cutting and folding the strips and when you have enough, voila! A Basket to give...

","url":"https://nhws.ca/art-of-fibre-show-%26-sale-1/f/paper-woven-basket","title":"Paper woven basket","summary":"This was a fun class. I love origami, working with paper and this appealed to me. Your paper bag tears, don’t throw it into recycle, start cutting and folding the strips and when you have enough, voila! A Basket to give...","date_modified":"2022-06-03T13:46:15Z"}]}