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Practice Makes (Im)Perfect

By rebecca@handwoven.co.nz on 30/12/202330/12/2023

Three years ago, almost to the day, I purchased my first loom. Since then, I’ve bought a few more, and more kilometres of yarn than I care to count. And I’ve learned many new skills, techniques, short-cuts and procedures along the way. I’ve taught myself how to dye my own yarn. I’ve moved from plain…

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Three tea towels folded neatly on the table. The tea towels are red and green with white accents.

A Holiday and an Anniversary

By rebecca@handwoven.co.nz on 23/12/202123/12/2021

Today is the one year anniversary since I disappeared down the weaving rabbit hole… I bought my first loom, second-hand, exactly a year ago, and since then I have added several more looms, and built up quite a sizeable yarn stash, and made just shy of 100 projects… an average of one every 3.5 days!…

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