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View fullsize Tweed deliveries today 📍Dublin
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View fullsize Looking back at these gorgeous photos by @andreaveltom from the end of the summer and this deep red warp that’s been on the loom for quite some time but is ready now for mending + washing, which means I’m planning my next warps and patter
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View fullsize Last warp of the year and a little slower behind the loom this week weaving a diamond herringbone which involves slightly fancier footwork and a bit more counting, but makes for a super textured weave - you can see the difference between the diamond
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View fullsize Woven textiles present endless possibilities of patterns, yarns and colour combinations, even within the limitations of a four-shaft loom that’s best suited to twill and tabby weaves. This pattern has been in the pipeline for quite some time a
View fullsize Excited to have been awarded the @artscouncilireland Agility Award to work on a project dear to my heart that I couldn’t do without this support. 🙏 When looking for a loom to call my own, I came close to not finding one at all. Donegal fly-sh
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View fullsize A departure from weaving but a return to what led me to the loom in the first place - knitting. Over the summer I’ve been one of many helping @ryankoenigstudio with reconstructing the 16th Century Ballybunion Cap as part of a research archaeol
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View fullsize A change in the tides this week moving back to Dublin after a dreamy 6 month(ish) stint in the lovely Donegal. You may take the girl out of Donegal, but everything I’ve learned this year will be travelling with me. My experience of traditiona
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