A mistake that pleased Issie

 I was weaving a jacket, but For some idiotic reason I made the warp too short, so it didn't fit me. Issie saw it and loved it when she was here, so it is now hers. The warp and half the weft is handspun merino, and the rest of the weft and the crochet border is commercial loopy mohair.

Footwarmers are still in demand this winter

Bill wanted some new footwarmers, and I was finishing them off while I was in Canberra recently. So I got an order for some from Pete and Kris. Finished the three pair in less than a week.
 Bill has been living in his since the weather has started to cool off. And Kris's are great for chilly Canberra.

A bit more basketry

This basket has a base of pine needles, walls of bullrush stalks, and the top is Bangalow palm stalks.

14 year old enthusiastic weavers

When my Granddaughter Isabelle and her friend Bec were visiting during the recent school holidays they were keen to try some weaving. They both took to it like ducks to water, and were very pleased with their brightly coloured scarves. Ideal for Canberra weather.

I had a ball left over of the multi coloured Murano from Bendigo Woollen Mills which they used, so I also whipped one up as well.

Handwoven silk wall hanging

I wove this wall hanging using silk I dyed with tea, for the light coloured background. The fine silk ( which I bought in Vietnam) is inserted between each background row to create the pattern. As you can imagine, it took a while to weave! The hanging is 1 metre high, and 60 cm wide.