Laine, Wolle

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On Sunday I went to an exhib­i­tion about wool at Somer­set House with Natalie. As well as the expec­ted demon­stra­tions of things like Fair Isle and weav­ing, they had interi­ors and artworks made out of wool.

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This was Natalie’s favour­ite thing in the show.

tweed sample

Samples of tweed. I have some lovely elec­tric blue tweed wool fabric, but I’m scared to cut it, because it’s a vintage remnant, and you have to match the pattern up so care­fully.

zigzag

Worsted fabric.

moodboard 1

I love textile mood­boards.

moodboard 2

weaving

This lady was demon­strat­ing weav­ing.

loom

The loom. Hi-tech royal mail rubber bands.  loom 2

The warp threads on the loom.

bobbins

Bobbins.

hats

Sheep hats. Ideal for those times you run off into the woods with Dioysus.

snowflake
Nice fabric.

tailoring

The process of tail­or­ing a jack­et.

room

One of the rooms decor­ated entirely with woolen items.

granny squares

Granny squares.

brown rug

I also liked this carpet.

arch

The entrance. These next things are all by Donna Wilson, a design­er whose work I’ve eyed up for quite a long time, but obvi­ously can’t afford.

cat cushion

cot

playhouse

Instant play­house blanket.

pouffe

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