Twenty years ago I did a short evening course in tapestry weaving, at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal, taught by Jilly Edwards. I haven't done much since then, but I thoroughly enjoyed doing this one and learnt a lot. I just need more time and a bigger frame - inspired by Hoxa gallery on Orkney. The wools that I used were from a mixture of suppliers and some I spun and dyed myself. Most wools were spun and some dyed by Chris Crofts - from the Wool Clip in Caldbeck; others were from Jamieson's of Shetland and then the speckled yarn was from Mothy and Squid yarn.
When working I had a loose plan, but really it just developed as it went - I photographed it regularly and then on a printed version roughed in the next couple of blocks - these invariably didn't match the plan exactly, so the photograph and plan process was repeated.
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