Tag Archives: hand woven

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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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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Summer and Winter Sample 2

Posted on March 5, 2014 by spinweaverbarbara

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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