Block Printing and New Pattern Design

I've been designing new patterns for my shop on Spoonflower and I'm trying a new approach to create patterns - it's making rubber stamps. It's a very analogue …

Sample Weave: Plain Weave Checks

Here's my sample weaving project with rigid heddle loom. I tried to do things systematically and first thing I did was selecting yarns and made several yarn wrappings to find…

This is what’s in my head

I almost always carry this little note pad with me and I write down ideas, thoughts, doodles, quotes, to-dos, shopping list, anything that come up to my mind. I even take it when …

Knitting on knitting machine

I've been knitting mainly beanie hats recently and feel I'm getting good at it :) Learning to machine knit is such a slow process and I need a lot of patience but finish…

Old Wool Winder

I'd been looking for a wool winder and have finally found one I really like. It's an old/used Silver Reed Jumbo Winder and I like the size and colour. I find winding yar…

Toy Loom

This is a toy loom I got last year, original version of this loom is made in the UK and it was called "Masterweaver". It has a very clever system and you can weave a lot…

Need To Start Spinning?

Look what I've got here - a spinning wheel! I've been interested in starting weaving and spinning recently and just happened to find that we had this spinning wheel in o…

Beautiful Sewing Tool

I found this book a couple of weeks ago and instantly fell in love with these exquisite Japanese thimbles! They are made of paper, floss and colourful silk yarn. If I make one, I …

New Dark Room (or just a box)

It's been a while since I've refurbished my studio and there's still a lot more to be done! Today, I made a small new "dark/drying room" using a shelf. It…

My Screen and UV Light Box

This is my screen for "Mari" design and UV light box to process the screens. I use this home made light table to expose emulsion-coated screens to UV light. It can proce…

Good Old Sewing Machine

This is how my computer/sewing room looks at the moment. I got the yellow sewing machine last year but it was not as powerful as I thought, and then... found this nice and heavy e…