Archive for January, 2016

  • Jan242016
    Lyon Locket

    Lyon Textile Museum- A Lost Locket

    The home of silk weaving in France is the central city of LYON. Here for centuries the art and mystery of creating the most noble of fabrics has carried on, woven by hand on timber frame looms in the back alleys of the ancient city.

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    HUMPHRIES WEAVING
  • Jan112016
    19th Century Sectional warping mill at Humphries Weaving deVere Mill 1976

    Warping the Threads of Time

    For anyone involved in the art and mystery of weaving, they soon learn the need for perfection when it comes to preparing the threads which will form the warp in the loom. So how do you get those warp ends perfectly wound onto the back beam in the loom?

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    HUMPHRIES WEAVING