Eleanor Sofia Textiles

Treasure from the Aegean 💙✨🐚

Finished this lil mohair vest (no pattern just made it up! That’s why it’s a bit off centre haha) and some yummy tacos 😘

Yarn: Drops kid silk

Little bits of January! Knitted the (a cable knit jumper of my dreams, come to life) ☁️🤍 went to Bempton cliffs & Flamborough head and saw seals! Started knitting a mohair top 👀 went to ikea 💖 knitted a tension sample 🦁✨ spent New Year’s Day eve eating fish and chips on the beach, met my new nephew 🐣 played and completed the Witcher 3 and we have a resident Little Egret that lives nearby.

Cosy knits (and crochet😘) season is officially here! October began with a beautifully autumnal trip to (swipe to the end for an alpaca treat) 🥹✨🍂

Crocheted with the Sheriff alpaca yarn, pattern by .crafts 🧚🏽‍♀️

Open Studios is happening! Today and tomorrow (23rd-24th) we are open 10-5 🤗 and then the same again next weekend. So excited to meet you all!

Cotton rugs! Blue & white colours feeling calm and cool in this little heatwave 💙 just more and more weaving, all for open studios in a couple of weeks time 🤗

Hello! I will be opening up my studio, the last two weekends in July, 10-5pm so come and visit (it's free!) 💕 swipe for the details and visit for more info on other artists in the area. I'll be there weaving away with lots of samples to feel and soft textiles to buy so save the dates in your diaries and pop in! ✨

Morning light in the studio 🌞

My first craft fair as a weaver! It's a local fair, with lots of different crafts along with fair trade goods and refreshments 🌷I'll be selling some of my woven items and be weaving on my table loom so come and pop by! Swipe for details ❤️

My favourite weaves up on the studio wall 🌷 Definitely feeling the change in seasons. The spring rains are here and snowdrops are everywhere.

Studio yarns 🧶

As you may have seen via my stories, I have a new loom!

She's an 8 shaft, 10 treadle Countermarch Toika floor loom, second hand, still with some notes left on it in Swedish from one of the previous owners.

Her name is Sonia, inspired by a weaver I met on a placement in Slovakia. ✨

Swipe to see a few close ups➡️