Issue 294 of The Journal is produced by members of 13 different guilds from the Association of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.
Articles:
- Suspended Spindling with New Zealand Halfbred Fleece by Jinty Knowling Lentier
- My Rainbow Blanket: How One Thing Led to Another. Gilly Renshaw shows what happens when an idea takes root and is followed through by a determined individual who is not afraid to find out ‘what if?’
- A Whorl, a Metal Detector and Three Reenactors: The Rediscovery of a Lost European Spinning Tradition. Three reenactors, Mary Ann Megan Cleaton, Alice Rose Evans and Jane Hunt, take us to a different era as well as offering another way to approach the use of a suspended spindle today.
- Elsie Hughes – one of the graduates whom the Association has selected to support – describes how her neurodivergent outlook on the world influences her work
- Colourful Collaborations Between Natural Dyers from Around the World by Elisabeth Vigue-Culshaw
- Weaving Notes — Weaving a Krokbragd Rug by Anne Stubbins
- Readers’ Showcase: Weaving a Rug — the Journey by Anne Stubbins
- A Conversation with Jan Louët and Loes van Aken: Fifty Years of Innovation and a New Beginning (see Lojan products!) by Loes van Aken and Gethin McBean
- Through Thick and Thin — A Weaver’s Journey by Muriel Beckett
- Readers’ Showcase: My Journey to Spinning and the Lylie Smart Trophy. Yvonka Hurtado’s account of how she went from spinning novice to winning the Lylie Smart trophy within a year illustrates the rewards of making full use of Guild membership
