Cathy Tobin: Gypsy Weaver

Cathy began her weaving journey in 2015 as she travelled Australia. What began as a hobby is now her passion, using only materials/yarns sourced at opshops or gifted. The freeform style of weaving encourages individual expression, not being hindered by patterns or rules. Initially the woven cloth was sewn into clothing. Now it has evolved into mainly creating unique soft toys. After completing the toys, there is always leftover snippets of weaving which are also used by spinning these thrums into an artyarn and used in the next weavings, knitted or sewn into bowls and tablemats.