Using Texsolv heddles for the leashes on Ashford Inkle looms are super easy and quick - why didn't we think of it sooner? Here is how you can use the Texsolv heddles on our Inkle looms and also a fabulous project - Sibling Stars on the Inklette Loom.
Here is a simple but beautiful, drapey, lightweight summer shawl using only one cone of Ashford Caterpillar Cotton.
Introducing the Brooklyn Four Shaft Loom! This loom has been in the works for quite some time and I am so excited to be able to finally tell you all about it. I have been busy doing lots of test weaving on it and absolutely love it. The Brooklyn Four Shaft loom will be available from your local Ashford dealer in a couple of weeks.
Weaving and textile designer, Eleanor Dale is our May Ashford Artist of the month. Based in London, Eleanor spends her spare time, when she is not working as an Arts Librarian, designing and weaving cloth for all kinds of gorgeous homewares, fashion accessories and pieces of art.
NEW from Ashford! Introducing the next generation Traveller! I can't wait for you to try our new wheel! It is just beautiful to spin on. These will be available from your local Ashford dealer from mid June 2023.
Ply – it’s such a little word but one with a big meaning. A plied yarn is one in which multiple strands of spun singles are twisted together, usually in the opposite direction to that in which they were spun. There are many ways we can ply – two or more strands, novelty yarns, art yarns, cable yarns, and yarns with amazing colour effects, to name but a few. Plying is exciting – no matter which colours or textures are in the singles, or how they are plied, a beautiful new yarn is being created. Here is a great article on Plying, by Jo Reeve.
The Ashford Award is an annual award to encourage and support textile artists and help them enjoy artistic freedom. We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2023 Richard and Elizabeth Ashford Textile Award is Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger, Essex, UK.
Karen Selk , weaver, teacher, lecturer, and author has, over thirty years, studied the raising of wild silkworms in the remote forests of central and eastern India. Her book In Search of Wild Silk, exploring a village industry in the jungles of India, has just been printed.
What do you do when you become bored of lifeless shop bought yarns and want colour and texture? You spin your own unique and personal yarns! That is exactly what Lauren Halsall did in 2016 when she started her fibre journey. Her true love is working with fibre, starting from the sheeps back to the stunning OOAK works of art she creates.