wooldancer

wooldancer Artist & Creative Arts Therapist, published in HandSpun, Intertwined, Spinning and Dyeing Yarn books

Luxury natural textiles and fibre art, wearable and art creations for the body and soul. Handdyed, handspun, hand crafted in the Blue Mountains, Australia since 2005.

Making this beanie felt like a metaphor for mental health
24/11/2025

Making this beanie felt like a metaphor for mental health

Studio materials holding promise of something to come. A snippet of my yarn cone collection being packed up. I’ve been b...
20/11/2025

Studio materials holding promise of something to come. A snippet of my yarn cone collection being packed up. I’ve been brewing A new space and place to come together, connect and create.

All kinds of wonder and awe arise from making things, especially beanies to warm our heads and hearts. It’s been a winte...
15/08/2025

All kinds of wonder and awe arise from making things, especially beanies to warm our heads and hearts. It’s been a winter full of sharing creative joy and art therapy process.. highs and lows and learning edges. So much richness comes from hands-on practice. And so, this beanie found its name, Reflections.

NZ Creative Spinning workshop at Festival of Fibres a few weeks ago. Still fresh and so fun! Thank you to all who came, ...
02/05/2025

NZ Creative Spinning workshop at Festival of Fibres a few weeks ago. Still fresh and so fun! Thank you to all who came, shared and spun out with me. Huge thanks to the event organisers and volunteers who tirelessly supported us to spin our dreams into yarn love.

Having such fun spinning alongside inspirational and creative ladies this weekend at
12/04/2025

Having such fun spinning alongside inspirational and creative ladies this weekend at

Spinning a yarn bowerbird-style adding some cute cocoons, pompom, sequins and SAORI add-ins while i pr...
31/03/2025

Spinning a yarn bowerbird-style adding some cute cocoons, pompom, sequins and SAORI add-ins
while i prep for the upcoming Festival of Fibre in NZ…
Only 1 week to go before this bower bird flys

I’m excited to be teaching 2 creative spinning workshops NZ Festival of Fibres in a few weeks! ...
13/03/2025

I’m excited to be teaching 2 creative spinning workshops NZ Festival of Fibres in a few weeks! Will you come join me? I’d love to create with you!

I’m brimming with excitement as there’s only a few weeks before I fly to NZ to teach two creative spinning & design work...
13/03/2025

I’m brimming with excitement as there’s only a few weeks before I fly to NZ to teach two creative spinning & design workshops at the Creative Fibre
NZ Festival of Fibres.

Are you coming along?

I can’t wait to connect with the incredible fibre community there and to share our creativity together. It is these moments where we can gather in person that are the most memorable experiences, and I feel so grateful to be able to be offering Wooldancer workshops.

If you are going to the festival in Christchurch, let me know. I’d absolutely love to meet you and spin with you!

https://facebook.com/events/s/festival-of-fibres-2025/1117356812898044/

This , rediscovered it in a memory. It’s really simply a moment in time featuring loops and lines. The fibre. The wheel...
08/03/2025

This , rediscovered it in a memory. It’s really simply a moment in time featuring loops and lines. The fibre. The wheel. And me. Spun up In thread. handspinning

Well hello! This scene was taken over 10 years ago.. spinning yarn out in nature. Such a special memory for me. I don’t ...
15/01/2025

Well hello! This scene was taken over 10 years ago.. spinning yarn out in nature. Such a special memory for me. I don’t take my wheel outside much now as my studio overlooks the treetops! I’d love to know, Where is your fave space to spin yarn?

She’s still got it! In her younger years my daughter learned to finger crochet, weave, knit and spin. During her teen y...
18/12/2024

She’s still got it!

In her younger years my daughter learned to finger crochet, weave, knit and spin. During her teen years the practice dropped away giving space for different educational activities.

Now as a young adult, and after overseas travel, Imi returned to my studio to sit and spin.

Her first skein of yarn after many years is playful, expressive and lively. She was comfortable with the discomfort of trying again. Not limited by the unknown element, able to sit with curiosity and make an attempt without worrying if it might fail.

Her muscle memory developed through repetition of doing this in her early years was dormant, tucked away beneath the surface patiently waiting to be reawakened.

I love how such skills are just like riding a bike. Her fingers and feet recalling how to come into balance, timing her treadle and flow of the wool onto the wheel.

So beautuful for me to witness this remembering of her inner embodied knowledge. Seeing her reconnection to this medium, and to a place within herself revive into creation again.

Upon reflection we both felt a profound sense of returning to centre, the element of knowing self, of celebrating and sharing a sense of identity - these hands able to create new forms. A rich metaphor for life forces and creative abilities going forward.

It’s wonderful to see the positive impact of early exposure to creative arts practice, & how this knowledge can endure as a transformative way of both processing and understanding personal growth.

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