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HOW IT ALL STARTED When I was eight I was given three balls of wool by a friend of my stepfathers who came to stay from America. They were green and pink and purple and although I didnt know much about what to do with them I knew that they were important, they were magical and that they were filled with infinite possibilities...and so began my fixation for wool, which has only increased with the years. I think that my husband would probably call it an obsession, in a tender tone, in a way that someone with a fellow passion would use...but for him his personal fetish is wood.  HARVEST LOOM is the perfect answer to this, the marriage of wood and wool, a hobby and business for both man and wife! One of my joys is to surround myself with many different textures and weave them together,building up the design by instinct. Wether I am working in raw fleece or recycled carrier bags the involvement is complete...the journey is equally as important as the end result. Since beginning peg looming I have found that it has opened so many new doors for learning. I have taken my looms into schools and worked with children, into the Community and worked with the elderly and partially abled. I have found that it is both a therapy and also a stimulator, an aid to helping dyslexia and a means to forge bonds between mother and child when they work together. I hope to always be exploring, learning and progressing in whatever and however many directions my peg loom takes me. Peg looming is for EVERYONE!! |
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