Friday, July 3, 2015

Introductions...

A little over 2 years ago I taught myself how to knit.  I had visions of being able to sell some of my finished goods with the hopes of raising some money for the charities I support.  Any guess to the ones I support??  I am, first and foremost, an animal lover and support a few rescue charities.  I would love to be able to support them all but have decided to whole hardily support a few locals ones.

Last year I discovered weaving.  Four looms and stack of weaving yarn later I am slowly, but surely, learning different techniques and styles of the craft. Watching a piece of cloth develop with each pick I throw still gives me a feeling of awe and at times I often just stop weaving to look at the emerging pattern. I am not a production weaver and only weave in my spare time - sometimes it takes me a month to get a scarf off of the loom so have a bit of patience with me.

I am going to try and post about what I learn as I progress in my weaving adventures so I hope you enjoy the journey with me!


Take care, Dianne

2 comments:

  1. Diane, enjoy the journey. I look forward to seeing your weaving projects. We also are big supporters of Animal Welfare and have been rescued by some lovely Old English Sheepdogs.

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  2. Thank you for your comment!! Right now I am trying to get some scarves done up for The Road Home Rescue in Vernon, BC. I have a couple done already (woven) and am working on some knitted ones as well. I've learned a lot in this last year about weaving from reading blogs such as yours. Great inspiration from them!!

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