An Angora pillow for Lisa
Measuring 16 by 12 inches, this delicate pillow was an inspiration from the book Egyptian Textiles, by Rosalind Hall, detailing in section the textile tomb finds of the Tutankhamun dig by Lord Carter.
The face of the pillow is a leno weave pattern woven using handspun pure Giant Angora lace weight. The leno weave was stitched to a wool diamond weave backing and stuffed with locally sourced wool. The stitching of the pillow played a signicant part in the reconstruction of the textile. The corners are of an unusual nature, folded and quilted down. And specialty stitches, done in silk, run the length of all edges, again a recreation from the details on the tomb find found in the book by Hall.
The pillow was entered in a Wool Skien and Garment competition in 2026.
In the Spring of 2025, I spun, dyed, and wove four yards of Laurel trim for a friend’s elevation. The red is madder dyed pure Giant Angora in a three ply, even as a border trim, the red halo added great depth to the trim. The white yarn is from my Giant Angora and Merino blended roving, a quick spin into a chain ply. The green was the hardest yarn to create, it is pure Angora three ply from the same batch spun as the red, but the dye job is not purely natural. At some point, after much cursing at the spite of woad, I dug out the box of Cushing’s packets of acid dye.
