Final Exhibition

The final exhibition for the course was in June and it was a hectic couple of days of setting up. It's not something I enjoyed I must admit. It was incredibly hot and busy and not something I would want to do again. Having said that, the exhibition itself went well and people seemed to like what I had produced which was good.

This picture was taken during the setting up of the exhibition, hence the bin in the corner! One of these bags has now gone to a new home, with a friend of mine, as a Christmas present, and another I have kept as I fell in love with it while weaving it. I hope to sell the others as soon as my easy shop is up and running.

I have currently started spinning again, now that I have some time free, and have got loads of knitting done which I missed while doing the course. 

Getting There!

I have been working flat out on creating the fabric and assembling 5 bags for my final project, on top of sketchbook work, contextual studies essays and technical sheets.the work load seems to be getting bigger not smaller.

Dispite this I have assembled 4 of the 5 bags I need and hope to get the 5th one finished this week when more leather arrives for the sides. 

I'm really pleased with what I have achieved with these bags and hope to continue making these when the course is finished. They are quite expensive to make but they look fantastic when they are finished.

Final project

For my final project I have decided to go back to the reason why I started my textiles HNC in the first place, Bradford's woollen history. 

It's something that I've been interested in since I learned to knit 7 years ago. Been a Yorkshire lass and having family from abroad who worked in the textile industry, I've always felt at home in Bradford's Industrial Museum. As my dad used to deliver wool here, I decided it would bring my whole experience on the HNC full circle: I started my HNC with a love of the woollen history, I've finished it with the same love but with a greater understanding of the processes involved.

I started my project proposal and initial research over Christmas and I've been looking at recycled materials, 100% wool and recycled yarns in colours and textures I've taken from the Industrial Museum.