Spectrum SHOPS 100
Spectrum SHOP 100, a Yarn Bomb of Slaithwaite’s centenary shops by Fibre Tribe@The Watershed.
2025 marks 100 years of the Carr Lane shopping parade in Slaithwaite, with the anniversary being marked by a year-long heritage project looking into its history and shopping in the village. Find out more here: https://www.slaithwaitemoonraking.org.uk/.../slawit-shop.../
After the success of Fibre Tribe’s ‘Wherever I Lay my Hat' project for WOVEN 2023, we are creating displays of woolly mandalas in an array of colour palettes to enhance each shop in June. As well as being super pretty and decorative, the act of creating mandala’s is a relaxing meditative process, something to ease the mind. We will be involving local school children and inviting our local crafting community to knit, crochet and weave mandalas to donate, with patterns and workshops available for all levels of experience.
I am supporting this project, initially by helping knitters along their way knitting circles of all shapes (approximate circles!) and sizes. There are 3 main ways of knitting circles - spiral shaping / spoke shaping & pi circle and I will be exploring all 3 here.
Carr Lane Shops
Each of the 8 shops has been allocated a colour theme (see descriptive text underneath each shop photo); our aim is to produce a cohesive yet colourful display of textile mandala's of all sizes throughout June 2025.
Ryder & Dutton
Main colour - Dark blue - like paintwork.
Colour to make it pop - touches of red, orange , white, yellow- like signage.
Valli Opticians
Main colour - cream, white
Pop colour- green (like signage), grey (like paintwork), white
Green Valley Grocers
Main colour - dark green (as in paint work)
Pop colour - orange, yellow, red
Culture
Main colour - light / mid blue (as paintwork)
Pop colour - cream, beige
Colne Valley Motor Parts
Main colour - red (as in the stain glass).
Pop colour - mid blue ( as the paintwork). Touches of yellow and white. Think wheels and gears.
Bottomleys
Main colour - black, dark grey.
Pop colour - bright vivid colours. I’m imagining liquorice all sorts.
Mateer Jewellers
Main colour - dark green.
Pop colour - silver and gold. Think jewels!!
Vanilla Bean.
Main colour - gold and yellow ( as in the brilliant lights shining through)
Pop colour - teal
Think lots of stars, moons.