Here is a knitting pattern for a felted bag and purse using Texere Troon Tweed aran. The yarn is used double for the bag meaning you'll have it knitted up in no time and the little purse only uses one ball - so great, quick gifts. The transformation of the non-felted bag when you take it out of the washing machine is brilliant and the rigidity of the bag means it doesn't even need lining! All the shades of Troon are marled or tweedy, so even if you don't want stripes you could achieve a lovely textured effect with very little effort. find out more
In this 2-hour DVD, Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn share their thoughts and experiences of creating sketches through to beautiful textiles. Known around the world for their textile art and creative workshops, Jan and Jean demonstrate a variety of techniques including: fabric paints, dyes, embellishing, knitting, foiling, soluble film, hand and machine stitching. Educational and Inspiring, IN ACTION is suitable for the beginner and professional textile artist interested in embroidery, quilting arts, surface design and fabric art. A perfect accompaniment to the "Stitchscapes" book as many of the pieces Jan and Jean work on are illustrated in the book. It's great to see how they have been created and see and hear the authors design processes and techniques in "real life". Buy the book and DVD together and save £2.00 find out more
Solo Silk Fibres These are dyed silk noils ideal for spinning and silk papermaking, adding to felt and needlefelting in a wide assortment of colours. Pure tussah or mulberry silk These are the same silk fibres that we use for the Spectrum packs, but some colours are going solo into individual bags of colour giving you larger amounts of single colours. The fibres work particularly well for making luxurious, textured silk paper or card into wool fibres to add some lustre to felt making. They are also excellent for needlefelting. We will be adding to the range constantly as more colours are bagged up. There are no guarantees that every Spectrum colour will be available individually depending on quantity, but hopefully it should be a nice, large range!!
Spectrum Silk Fibres - dyed Dyed silk noils ideal for spinning, silk papermaking and embellishment using a felting needle in an assortment of colours packed in 10 dramatic colourways. Pure silk noils Suitable for silk paper making or spinning A very rare product of dyed noils in a glorius range of colours. Each pack contains a range of 4 colours based around those illustrated.