weaving Archives - Angie Parker Textiles https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/tag/weaving/ Exquisite handwoven textiles Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:29:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 What Do You Do With An Old Loom? http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2026/03/what-do-you-do-with-an-old-loom/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:29:13 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=3134 The answer is of course, weave with it, because old looms are pretty sturdy things. However, this isn’t just any old loom. It’s is the original Macrogauze loom engineered by one of the 20th Century’s seminal weavers, Peter Collingwood OBE 1922 -2008. Macrogauze Artworks by Peter Collingwood OBE A selection of the fruits of this […]

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]]> Textiles Treasures That Find Me… http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2026/03/textiles-treasures-that-find-me/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:39:37 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=3111 How a remarkable vintage Swedish hand-written book landed in my lap. In the summer of 2024 I became the owner of the late Peter Collingwood’s collection of over 1000 weaving books and periodicals. (This followed the rest of the contents of his Nayland workshop but that’s another story). It’s safe to say that I’m unlikely to run […]

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]]> NEW BOOK-AVAILABLE NOW http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2024/11/krokbragd-learn-to-weave-krokbragd-angie-parker/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:22:45 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=2469 KROKBRAGD – CONTEMPORARY WEAVING WITH COLOUR. Order here. How can you tell when a non-writer is writing a book? Take a look in their kitchen cupboards. (They’re likely to be suspiciously tidy!) As part of a 2014 business training program by The Crafts Council, I was asked to write a list of career aspirational goals […]

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]]> Would you like 2 tonnes of wool with that? http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2022/01/would-you-like-2-tonnes-of-wool-with-that/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 23:09:31 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=2177 When the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase the entire contents of the Collingwood rug weaving workshop came up, my gut instinct, without much hesitation, was to snap it up. Admittedly, the UK’s most prominent and successful rug weaver, Jason Collingwood, announced his retirement a little sooner than I had expected. I wasn’t quite ready, but it […]

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]]> Do one thing today…for better mental health http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2020/10/do-one-thing-today/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:56:50 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=1815 There’s really no need to point out that this year has been challenging for everyone, in varying degrees, and as we approach World Mental Health Day on 10th October, there’s never been a better time to shine a light on the work of MIND – the mental health charity. They are actively trying to help […]

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]]> Bristol Weaving Mill and Angie Parker Textiles http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2020/08/bristol-weaving-mill-and-angie-parker-textiles/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:41:17 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=1581 Did you know that Bristol has a weaving mill? Not only that, but a weaving mill that specialises in niche cloth production and that is a short walk from the City centre, (and conveniently for me, a 20 minutes walk from my studio). I first heard about it when it was still a concept in […]

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