About

Hello friends! I’m Deidre! I’m the person who weaves and dyes and spins and photographs!

I’m 40 years old and I live in Bowden AB Canada. It’s a very small town — we have 0 traffic lights but we recently got a Tim Hortons. My partner and I bought our century house here almost 10 years ago, and we’ve been working on it in all our spare time since then to make it our little slice of artsy paradise. I’m SO lucky to have a partner who doesn’t mind when I want to #purpleallthethings, including the outside of the house and the kitchen cabinets. What can I say? Purple is my happy place.

I painted my garage in the yard as a giant rainbow a few years ago, which is really a point of joy I can see out my loom room window every day.

We have 2 kids, a 19 year old in university and a 12 year old who we currently homeschool. Our entire household has been officially ADHD diagnosed and we try our best to build our lives in the way that works best for us! My partner has a disability so we’re all here together ALL THE TIME, and it was an adjustment at first, but it’s pretty awesome. I returned to university in 2023 and I am pursuing my BCOMM majoring in business technology management. We have 4 cats, 3 dogs and a saltwater reef aquarium!

I’ve been weaving since my daughter was 1 and we needed to babywear to survive. I’d purchased a couple of machine woven wraps, but I had no feedback and no access to handwovens because we were low income. I remember the first hand-dyed wrap I saw — it was so beautiful I couldn’t believe it. One day I decided to look up looms and found a very rough 4 shaft loom for $300, and that was that! I was setting a trajectory I had no idea would get me to where I am now. Ten years since I started selling, and so many meters of fabric later, I love what I do so much.

I love working with each and every semi-custom friend I’ve made, and the collaborative aspect of customs is my absolute favourite. I’m a huge over-communicator, which some people may find to be too much, but I like to go through all the info and make sure we’re working as a cohesive team before proceeding, even when things don’t go to plan.

In 2023, I started up the wool roving side of my business on Etsy, because I was spinning more often in my spare time and wanted to be able to create my own color blends and dyed rovings. This side of the business has been growing each year, and I’m having so much fun with it.

I’m so thankful to keep doing what I do, for however long it continues.