Author Archives: spinweaverbarbara

About spinweaverbarbara

I have been steadily weaving since 1980. I enjoy sharing and passing on my learning.

Trying Recycled Jeans Yarn

Posted on January 18, 2022 by spinweaverbarbara

This is a new to me yarn from Venne Cotton called Eco Jeans.  It is a 12/2 cotton, made from recycled blue jeans and jeans clothing, spun together with used PET bottles.  My research shows that PET plastic is the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Towels

Posted on January 11, 2022 by spinweaverbarbara

This year I have been weaving in turned twill.  I love the look that is coming to life here, and the ability to expose colour changes while still weaving with one weft.  So, I decided to make classic Christmas towels … Continue reading →

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Colour Vibrations with Zanshi

Posted on September 9, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

My last weaving was full of colour, with lots of colour changes and ends to weave in.  I needed a palate changer, a little bit of simple weaving that I didn’t really need to think about.  I looked at the … Continue reading →

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Canvas Weave Napkins

Posted on April 9, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

Following along with the Jane Stafford Online Guild, I have worked through Episode 5.2 Canvas Weave.  I rearranged the draft to weave napkins instead of a sampler.  Canvas weave is a fun and easy one shuttle weave.  Jane gave us … Continue reading →

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Weaving with a Song

Posted on March 30, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

More fun with turned twill, this time with a song.    I have been thinking about how to turn music into weaving for a while now, and so I took the plunge.  I started with a simple song, in this case … Continue reading →

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Turned Twill Towels

Posted on March 22, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

These towels are modelled after those shown in Jane Stafford Online Guild, Season 5, Episode 1, turned twill.  I changed the colour order, making cherry the largest colour.  Then I have stripes of yellow, grey, apricot separated by black to … Continue reading →

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Wool Scarves with Embedded Messages

Posted on March 9, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

I continue my journey of finding ways to communicate through the woven cloth.  These scarves have what looks like random stripes, but a message is hidden within. The stripes form letters, which form words of love.  I turned to an … Continue reading →

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Penelope Scarves, Coded in Cotton

Posted on January 26, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

This in the first weaving that evolved out of reading the story of Penelope, a woman from a long time ago, who was waiting for her husband to return, and passed the time while waiting, weaving during the day and … Continue reading →

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2020 in Review, and Welcome 2021

Posted on January 14, 2021 by spinweaverbarbara

2020 was a year of isolation and introspection.  I spent much more time in and around home, and much less time out in the world.  At first, the isolation was hard, but as time went on our guilds figured out … Continue reading →

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Basket Weaves in Blue

Posted on December 29, 2020 by spinweaverbarbara

These tea towels came off the loom just in time for Christmas Gift Giving.  The towels are a combination of twill and basket weave inspired by JST Online Guild Episode 4.7. I pulled out all my partial spools of blue … Continue reading →

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