My garden has been full of pink and lavender this month, appropriate as it is Women’s Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month too.  Appropriately, we have had a very pink production month too, with several orders involving different shades of pink – from the gentlest subtle pale to the dark and dusky.  We are also weaving a range of [...]

I don’t know about you, but my heart quickens when I see a pile of beautiful fabrics….just folded over and stacked together, they just promise pleasure of some sort and simply have to be unfolded, inspected and appreciated. Being able to pick one in the middle of a stack, pull it out carefully and open it [...]

We have done such a variety of weaving this month, almost all of our looms are busy and there is a veritable hum of activity in our weaving studio.   We have been dyeing colours we have not used for some time, in weaving a tufted carpet that must begin with  a beautiful light, dusky pink [...]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXETzwn1Vo Fashion and design are experiencing a revival of highly creative textiles and knits. The idea of doing yourself yourself (D.I.Y.Y.) is an innovative look at craft as never seen before. Mohair South Africa is happy to present this trend and color forecast at SPINEXPO in New York (July 18-20) and Shanghai (September 6-8) 2011. [...]

I love this time of year, where everything seems to retreat into the earth, or curls back into a dormant state to rest and restore itself for the coming Summer.  The bare bones of the landscape are exposed, the dried long grass, the bare trees, and skeletal shrubs.  It is always the best time for planning.  This [...]