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A view of Mt Tidbinbilla late in the afternoon. Tidbinbilla is a dark bulk against a bright sky, with storm clouds gathering over a patch of blue sky.

A view of Mt Tidbinbilla on sunset. Tidbinbilla is a dark bulk against a bright sky in blue, orange and grey.

A view of Mt Tidbinbilla late in the afternoon. Tidbinbilla is a dark bulk against louring grey clouds and a window of citrine yellow sky.

A view of Mt Tidbinbilla at sunset. Tidbinbilla is a dark bulk against a bright sky, lit vividly with a band of orange light above a pale blue sky and wispy grey cloud.

New home, new view - the kitchen is the WORST but this vista more than makes up for it.
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Outstanding!

An ostrich in Österich - even my limited German is enough to make this funny to me 🤣

Thank you 😊 I’m fairly new to tapestry weaving but it’s a lovely slow way to make art.

A view of a tapestry in process, it’s woven on its side. A smaller sample piece is next to it to show the difference in size and to give an idea of how the final piece will look. The design is of birch trees in a hollow.

A view of a tapestry in process, it’s woven on its side. A smaller sample piece is next to it to show the difference in size and to give an idea of how the final piece will look. The design is of birch trees in a hollow. This is the same image but tipped on its side to show how the design will look when off the loom.

Birches are coming along, but I need to start spinning again, the pondscum will run out by the end of the week 😩
Mother yarns are handspun Shetland while the tresses are from Australian Tapestry Workshop.
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Saturday’s Weave Your Moves workshop hosted by craft+design Canberra - we were weaving airy structures with muscle wire that changes shape when a current is applied. This is a proof of concept, and will look better when I cut it off the loom.
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More than pass, I’m giving this an A+.

Stitch definition is as much about how the yarn is spun as it is about quality or the type of wool. Wool can be spun woollen or worsted - woollen will give you an airy fluffy yarn, while worsted gives a tight smooth yarn with excellent stitch definition. Ply matters too.

It’s a crazy sett of 60epi (double weave). The warp is superfine tapestry yarn, my handspun wasn’t fine enough. I had to pick colours that aren’t in the tapestry I’m currently weaving - but I do love orange and blue combinations 😊

A small woven pice (5cm wide) with an integrated circuit made from conductive thread. The thread connects three LEDs to a 3V button battery (not pictured). The weaving is in shades of blue and orange weft on a mainly orange warp. The darkest square is a small pocket double-woven, with the conductive thread snaking through the warp - this is where a pressure-sensitive switch will be inserted.

A small woven pice (5cm wide) with an integrated circuit made from conductive thread. The thread connects three LEDs to a 3V button battery (not pictured). This close-up shows a small pocket double-woven, with the conductive thread snaking through the warp - this is where a pressure-sensitive switch will be inserted.

A small woven pice (5cm wide) with an integrated circuit made from conductive thread. The thread connects three LEDs to a 3V button battery (not pictured). This close-up shows the 3 LEDs lit up, demonstrating that the circuit has been correctly constructed!

A small woven pice (5cm wide) with an integrated circuit made from conductive thread. The thread connects three LEDs to a 3V button battery - the picture shows a hand pressing the conductive thread to the battery with the 3 LEDs lit up. The weaving is in shades of blue and orange weft on a mainly orange warp.

Second piece featuring electronics and hand weaving - this one will get a pressure sensitive switch. A fun make!
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A small 5cm wide weaving in orange and blue threads, with insulated wire passamenterie. The weaving is doubled over with a single white LED bulb on the fold. The circuit has not been closed and the tiny bulb is unlit.

A small 5cm wide weaving in orange and blue threads, with insulated wire passamenterie. The weaving is doubled over with a single white LED bulb on the fold. The circuit has been closed and the tiny bulb is lit.

I spent yesterday afternoon at a craft+design Canberra workshop learning to incorporate electronics into weaving. This piece uses insulating wire as passamenterie to form a simple circuit with a single LED light.
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An elderly red and white border collie snoozing in a patch of sun. His neck is ringed by a large blue inflatable donut to stop him licking at his stitches post-surgery. He is using the donut as a pillow with his chin suspended above the floor, the weight of his head supported by the donut.

Ruairi snoozing in his donut. Hopefully his stitches come out tomorrow and he can return to a life without Big Blue.

It’s a really lovely way to make art - I’m fairly new to it but I’m hooked. 😊

A small tapestry representing a Scottish saltmarsh. Yellow-green foreground shot with rusty browns, a loch in the mid-ground and green sunlit hills under a louring grey sky in the background.

Ardgour Saltmarsh, all finished. My edges are still a bit wonky but this is a huge improvement on previous pieces and I’m pleased with my progress.
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Handspun, hand-dyed Shetland, Herdwick & Nth Ronaldsay yarns with @austapestry tresses.
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A watercolour painting of an empty rowboat in blue, brown and orange floating on a lake, against a hazy pink sunset sky. The painting was based on the prompt word drift. A smaller more stylised version of the painting showing the boat’s prow is next to the detailed piece.

A tiny woven tapestry in the colours and shapes of the paintings. The contrast in the yarn colours is too low for many details to emerge but the orange details pop out the most - the blues, browns and pinks have optically merged together in the weave.

An experiment in using a creative prompt to paint, and then using that painting to make a tiny tapestry.

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Future - a watercolour painting of a house. The house is blocky and in orange tones to reflect the colour of bricks, and is set amongst softer green shapes suggesting an overgrown garden.

Connect - a yellow-green hillside speckled with aqua dots representing the local tree-planting efforts. In the foreground, aqua boxes shelter young trees in long yellow grass.

Layers - In changeable spring weather it’s wise to wear layers. A watercolour painting of folded clothes piled on a chair.

Memory - a watercolour painting of an arm with a blood donation needle inserted in its crook. The plasma machine is behind the arm, and wine-dark blood can be seen in collection tubes. I donate plasma in memory of my lovely dad, and to continue his legacy. ❤️

The last images from September’s creative prompt words - future, connect, layers, memory

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Full as a goog!

He is such a lovely boy. It’s hard to believe we’ve only had him two years, it feels like we’ve always been his people.

Deep breath, tomorrow will be a better day. Extend the compassion you’d give a friend in the same situation to yourself.

Our rescue border collie two years ago after we brought him home - we shaved off his filthy matted coat and were a bit horrified by how painfully thin he was. Here he is shaved with his ribs, hips and spine all visible.

Earlier this year, our rescue border collie at a healthy weight, up on his hind legs and snapping at bubbles

My dog is broken - our rescue border collie writhing on the carpet near his favourite mangled toy - his face is upside down and he looks like he’s grinning

Me with our rescue border collie - a selfie taken while out running. I’m wearing a run shirt and shorts, with sunglasses and a visor, and kneeling with my arm around the dog. He has his mouth wide open open and is panting.

Two years ago we rescued this boy - painfully underweight and desperate to be loved. He knows he has a better life now, and we love him to the moon and back. 🖤🤍
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A small tapestry of a Scottish saltmarsh, about 20cm wide and 25cm tall. The marsh in the foreground is yellow-green shot with shades of russet brown, with a loch behind reflecting the sky. Hills rise behind the loch under a grey sky. The piece is an exploration of colour and an attempt to capture the wild beauty of Ardgour. It’s also an exploration of weaving technique as I prep for a larger tapestry.

Off the loom this morning - saltmarsh. Mother yarns are handspun Shetland, and the tresses are from the Australian Tapestry Workshop. Herdwick & Nth Ronaldsay handspun in the sky.
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A watercolour in response to the word WINDOW - British recipe books and a white and blue ceramic jug sit on a sill with a jar of Vegemite - the window looks out on a verdant temperate wood.

Responding to the prompt ENVIRONMENT, a watercolour painting of a lamb and its mother grazing on a slope with gum trees in the background under a grey sky. These sheep are keeping the grass down around the turbines of the Crookwell wind farm (not pictured).

A small watercolour responding to the prompt LIFE - an amanita mushroom with a red speckled cap growing in leaf litter near the cork oaks at the Australian National Arboretum.

A small watercolour responding to the word SPARK, a bonfire in a vacant lot. Sparks are rising into a dark sky, while the smoke behind the bonfire is tinted orange by the light of the fire.

Four more creative prompt responses in watercolour - window, environment, life, spark.

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An unfinished woven tapestry, worked from bottom up. The work is in shades of yellow-green shot with rusty brown to indicate the marsh, with the blue of a loch at the top edge of the work.

A little more this morning on my saltmarsh tapestry.
The mother yarns are handspun, home dyed Shetland, and the tresses (4 to a bundle) are from the Australian Tapestry Workshop.
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Pteryx pattern by Nim Teasdale Pteryx is an asymmetric triangle designed to show off a variegated yarn with an engaging combination of garter and stockinette.

The pattern is Pteryx by Nim Teasdale on Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

An asymmetrical knit shawl in progress - it is displayed on a brown rug, and a knitting project bag made of fabric printed with Wonder Woman cartoons lies next to it. The shawl is knitted out of handspun, hand-dyed yarn in a colourway called ‘Coastal’ - predominantly white with bands of pale blue and pale orange.

I’ve studiously ignored this knit for the last month since I found the needle’s shaft had come away from its metal fixing and made a mess of the previous two rows. I finally fixed the mess and am back on track.

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A watercolour and ink painting of a tricolour border collie, responding to the prompt word ‘soul’. She is gazing to the left and is painted against a grass-green background.

Responding to the word ‘foliage’, a fern in the Australian National Botanic Gardens slowly unfurling

Responding to the prompt ‘forage’, a group of pale golden brown and white death cap mushrooms

Responding to the prompt ‘magic’, a silhouetted person runs down a beach to a sparkling sea.

Four more little paintings 😊
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Best of both!

I love a fringe, but I'll be keen to see the result if you choose narrow bands.

A bowl containing multicoloured handspun yarn - shot from directly above against a black background.

Close-up of multicoloured yarn with an Australian 5 cent coin demonstrating the fineness of the yarn.

A bowl of multicoloured yarn - the photo is taken from the side, showing the yarn piled up in it.

I started this spin at the end of June, finished it at Murramurang camp over the weekend. The multicolour singles are Polwarth while the green semisolid is merino - 273g. Now to decide what to do with it!
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