NATURAL FIBRE WEAVING

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014blog

Wow. Just had an awesome day learning weaving with natural fibres at CAE with great teacher, Adrienne Kneebone. [adriennekneebone.com] Am really happy with what I achieved in six hours and grateful my hands were dexterous enough today. So much fun!

The materials we started off with. Straw, rafia, juncus, wool.

Camp dog — The first exercise – make a bush toy. I made a camp dog to be friends with with the indigenous camp dog toys I have picked up on my travels.

Coil basket — Second exercise was making a coil basket. Not too hard.

Coil basket — Coil basket in progress.

Coil basket — Coil basket finished! Pretty happy with it! 🙂

Twine basket — First attempt at twine technique. Very hard!

Twine basket — Second attempt at twine technique. Even harder!

Bush toy — Just enough time left to make a giraffe. Or is it a very tall donkey?

Woven Menagerie (1) — 5 pieces in 6 hours. Pretty chuffed!