by Leslee-Langlands | Feb 25, 2016 | Woolly Wisdom
Where do colours come from? By that I mean, how do designers and manufacturers of clothes, paint, furniture, appliances, cars, flags, lipstick, nail polish, and, yes, yarn, decide on the colours they will use? The Pantone Color Institute helps them by standardizing...
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 9, 2015 | artists, Jude Skeers, knitting methods, Woolly Wisdom
Here is the last Tech Talk from Jude Skeers who will be our Knitter-In-Residence in one week! So exciting.As noted in the first Tech Talk article (posted January 15, 2015) he has sent these articles to Roisin to be shared with us. The article was first published...
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 6, 2015 | artists, Jude Skeers, knitting methods, Woolly Wisdom
Yes, the Tech Talks by Jude Skeers are coming faster…because his time with us is coming close fast!Here is #8 in the series…As noted in the first Tech Talk article (posted January 15, 2015) he has sent these articles to Roisin to be shared with...
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 1, 2015 | Jude Skeers, knitting methods, Woolly Wisdom
Here’s another fascinating “Tech Talk” article from Jude. He doesn’t mention this, but Fair Isle is a real place, an island in the Shetland group, way off the north coast of Scotland. If you’re a mystery fan, you may have read Ann Cleeves...
by Leslee-Langlands | Jul 9, 2015 | artists, Jude Skeers, knitting methods, Woolly Wisdom
This Tech Talk is a fascinating view on the evolution of Jude Skeers’ knitted circles.“How to knit a flat circle?” was the assignment that I set myself in the late 1970’s. For the next thirty years this undertaking and its resolution that dominated my art...
by Leslee-Langlands | Mar 21, 2015 | Jude Skeers, knitting methods, Woolly Wisdom
Here is the fifth “Tech Talk” from Jude Skeers, our esteemed guest in October 2015. As noted in the first Tech Talk article (posted January 15) he has sent these articles to Roisin to be shared with us. The article was first published in the...
