An enjoyable Saturday was spent with Alice Hume at her wonderful Hotwalls Studio in Portsmouth. If you follow my blog, you’ll know that I’ve dabbled with weaving, even exhibited some with TRAC’s Line of Flight and the latest Ryde Sands weaves. But there is no substitute for learning a technique properly with an expert. Alice patiently guided us through the whole process of threading the handloom, weaving the sumac and weaving the pattern. I learnt how to integrate 2 and even 3 colours along the line and how to tie tassels properly.
Alice incorporates copper into her tapestry weaving and uses recycled denim too – I have plenty of that I could experiment with! I also admire her floor loom work – it isn’t just a piece of fabric, it has texture and echoes her tapestry weaving style. People travel from all over the South to Alice’s workshops and I can see why. You can even buy a workshop gift voucher for a friend. I think I will try her Macrame workshop next.
Here’s what I accomplished in a day:
Bright & Beautiful 