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Category Archives: Weaving
Autumn Towels in Summer and Winter
It is truly Autumn here in BC. We had a long extended summer with lots of sunshine. This week the rains started and the weather turned colder. It happens every year, the leaves start to turn and then it rains … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged Autumn, autumn leaves, Baby Wolf loom, colour, cotton, handwoven, Summer and Winter weave, tea towels, Weaving
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Silken Kaleidoscope
I recently attended Karen Selk’s Silken Kaleidoscope workshop, which was sponsored by the Peace Arch Weavers and Spinners. Karen is a wonderful weaver, frequent contributor to Handwoven Magazine, and founder and former owner of Treenway Silk. In addition to the … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged Arts, Australia, China, colour, cotton, Crackle Weave, Craft, Guild, Handweaving, Karen Selk, Loom, Peace Arch Weavers, silk factories, silk Road. silk, Textile, Treenway Silks, Warp, Weaving, weaving workshop, Weft, yarn
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My Summer Project – a Double Double Weave
This summer was glorious, hot and sunny for the most part. In between enjoying the sunshine, travel, spending time with family and friends and guild activities, I spent my spare time playing with my summer project. This was inspired by … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged Bamboo, colour, Craft, Double Weave, Handweaving, handwoven, Jane Stafford, Loom, summer project, Textiles, Warp, Weft, woven, yarn
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Summer and Winter Weave, Crackle and Spring Colour Explosion
I’m doing a little of this, a little of that, while enjoying the wonderful colour explosion of the late Spring flowers. Here is the third effort in my continuing study of Summer and Winter Weave. This is 4 shaft Summer … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged baby blankets, Bamboo, cotton, Crackle Weave, Handweaving, handwoven, pattern weft, peonies, spring flowers, Summer and Winter weave, tiger lilies
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It’s All in the Cards
Yesterday was a fun day, spent at Brenda’s (Penelope Fibre Arts) where Kim McKenna (Claddagh Fibre Arts) taught an introductory workshop on Card Weaving. Card weaving uses a set of cards, with holes punched in the four corners. A huge … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Weaving
Tagged Arts, band weaving, card weaving, Handweaving, Loom, tablet weaving, tape weaving, woven, yarn
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Crackle Weave Class Samples
I just finished teaching two Saturday classes on Crackle Weave. I had a great time, and had seven participants, who told me that they had a great time also. I worked really hard to prepare for the class and had … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Weaving
Tagged 4 shaft weaving, cotton, Crackle Weave, Craft, hand weaving, learning to weave, Loom, teaching, Textiles
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And the results are . . .
After the workshop I returned home and finished weaving, then washed dried and hemmed the mats. The results are four reversible place mats, and one shorter mat for the centre of the table. All now ready to be put into … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged colour, hand weaving, Repp Weave, Rosalie Neilson, weaving workshop
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Repp Weave Day 2
Today we worked on weaving motifs in repp weave. Repp weave is a relatively simple to weave, based on plain weave pairs with elements of colour and weave and double weave thrown in. The beauty and versatility is all in … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged colour wrapping, hand weaving, Repp Weave, Rosalie Neilson, weaving workshop
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Repp Weave Day 1
Woke up bright and early to make my way across the bridge to Queensborough Community Centre for the Repp Weave workshop taught by Rosalie Neilson from Oregon. The building is in a beautiful park-like setting, and the sunshine poured through … Continue reading
Posted in Weaving
Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Repp Weave, Rippsmatta, Rosalie Neilson, Warp, Weft
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Summer and Winter Sample 2
The second challenge of the Summer and Winter study was to look at eight-shaft Summer and Winter weave on a one-colour warp. On eight shafts, six blocks are available. I chose 8/2 tencel in the colour olive green for warp. … Continue reading
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Tagged brocade, cotton, hand woven, ming blue, olive green, Scarf, Silk, Summer and Winter weave, tencel, woven
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