Australia, Victoria, The Weaving Room
In December 2019, while sitting at a floor loom in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, USA, garden designer Sharon Harris felt ‘The Weaving Room’. It was a powerful, quiet moment that resonated deep within. It didn’t have form, but it had strength and, without a conscious thought of what was to come through 2020, it took a hold deep within.
The purpose of ‘The Weaving Room’ is to create a space where the weaving of cloth is explored and taught, and the skill of weaving is fostered in workshops, open days and the through the store. Harris wants to make weaving on a floor loom accessible to everyone who wishes to go beyond table looms. That moment in December 2019 was largely due to the floor loom. After two years of weaving on a table loom, the floor loom made making cloth so more exciting, and this was an experience she wanted to share.
The Victoria store of 'The Weaving Room' is a dispensary of all that continues the tradition of handwoven cloth; books, weaving yarn, patterns, warping and weaving hardware, haberdashery, and cloth.