a simple yarn

Right, so it’s not going to happen until the loom is freed from storage, but I can dream can’t I?

You would have thought that the 8 books, 3 magazines and 1 pamphlet that I brought back from the US would have been sufficient inspiration for the next few months….or years. Well, that’s for the ‘knitting me’. It didn’t take too many days of being back on Irish soil for me to trot into the bookshop and purchase…

Now, I have a confession to make. Weaving book projects usually don’t leave me breathless like knitting ones do. For those weavers whom I have just offended…deepest apologies. I certainly find handweaving deeply satisfying and intellectually stimulating, but not always gaspingly inspiring.

But this book has come the closest to getting my creative juices flowing with a faint quickening of the heart. A lovely silk scarf, which photographic limitations omit the beautiful woven detail…

A ‘fushiko’ bag…Japanese for ‘wrapper’…made from kimono fabric.

And an interesting woven beret with knitted band…

I find it a great starting point for future creations, once the loom gets its ‘get out of jail free’ card.