Weaving with love...

So, a couple of months ago I started my work placement at the Handweavers Studio & Gallery, Seven Sister's Road, London.  So far I have been doing all sorts, working with so many different types of yarn and dealing with various customers.  So, for my first post I just wanted to share my first piece of weaving for the company, it's not great!  I specialise in dyeing and knitting, so my weaving isnt spot on but hopefully this is something I can work on throughout the time I am with the company!  I made the warp myself with a yarn called Foxfibre cotton:

So, at this point I started to realise why weavers get so stressed out! haha...

Just a quick practice run, doesn't look perfect but this was because my tension on my warp was wrong, so I had a bit of help fixing that before I continued...

The sample here is going to be for the shop floor.  The yarn is very interesting, as when washed the colour changes.  So when the PH level becomes more alkaline the yarn becomes greener! I am hopeing to knit up some samples in this yarn soon, I am on the hunt for a decent knitting machine! More photos of how this is progressing soon!!

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