Our February macrame workshop with Jade Paton of House of Grace was so much fun, we want to do it all over again! Interested? Join us on the 22nd April for some more knotty fun! Here’s what you need to know: Saturday 22 April 2017 10:00am – 12:30pm Upstairs at Skinny laMinx R550 per person (materials and …
Want to learn the knotty arts? Sign up for our macrame workshop with expert instruction from Jade Paton of House of Grace.
If you’ve been following blogs for a while, you must have come across Bloesem – the beautiful design blog which Irene Hoofs has been writing for the last 10 years (we both started blogging in 2006!). Over time, Irene has evolved Bloesem, rebranding as BloesemDesign, adding BloesemKids, and now she’s even started a magazine… on paper! It’s called Koel, and …
In June, we had a really fun workshop at my studio, where I taught some basic macramé technique to 7 people. I’m holding the workshop again on Saturday 3 August, where I’ll teach the following macramé basics: * How to make a very simple, super-easy plant hanger * Three kinds of knots that’ll allow you …
To tell the truth, I’m not sure quite how cool it really is to knot rope, hippie style, but I can tell you it’s a lot of fun. I’m holding a workshop in my studio, limited to 7 people, where I’ll teach the following macramé basics: How to make a very simple, super-easy plant hanger …
While I might have been a semi-conscious human for much of the 70’s, I seem to have managed to absorb that era pretty deeply into my being. I mean, I do macrame, pottery, and I’m learning to weave, too, ffs! This probably explains why I was happy to spend a solid hour of my Tuesday …
I’m starting 2018 with a creative break, spending as much of January as possible in the studio, getting my creative batteries recharged. So instead of the standard ‘year in review’, I’ve decided to do a “Making Friday year in review’ post, taking stock of what happened during my behind-the-scenes studio practice, which I like to …
This post is a bit of a mashup of our Friends & Neighbours and Making Friday features, because it’s a story about a South African designer who credits his start as a furniture designer to my Making Fridays idea. I met Gareth Henderson of GIH Studio on a glaringly hot rooftop in Cape Town earlier this year, as …
We caught up with Jade Paton of House of Grace Design after our in-studio macrame workshop to find out more about her knotty talents.