handspun silk

Satin on Plain weave

This lovely warp is all my handspun silk – samples from a class I took a few years ago from Coleen Nimetz at the Cowichan Hand-To-Hand Workshop event in Duncan, B.C. The white silks include bombyx (wide bands) and eri silk. There is also tussah (brown) and red eri (that lovely red/gold that I have… Continue reading handspun silk

Spring Again! With time on my hands I’m back online :-)

‘Tis the time of Covid-19 isolation, staying at home to protect our health services so those who will need help can get it. So, I am working on a bamboo wrap – in blues and purple. The first sampling looks like this: It was a lovely warp. The finished piece was lovely – silky with… Continue reading Spring Again! With time on my hands I’m back online 🙂