Little weaving

Moving interstate and leaving my wonderful Spinners and Weavers group has left a gaping hole in my life. But Pinterest has shown me that I can weave anywhere and with anything. I used what was on hand. Unused dyed cotton (post to come) from a previous project, my embroidery hoop, and some folded junk mail.…

Spun and woven

Now that I'm a weaver, I felt obliged to weave a scarf. Surely its the most staple item for any weaver to make. I've been weaving it on Tuesday evenings for most of 2015. It took me so long to weave for two reasons: It's been a crazy busy year I spun the maroon thread (weft)…

Inkle looming

Over Easter I had the chance to work with an inkle loom. An inkle loom makes narrow (less than 6cm) very strong bands of weaving. Very 70's I found patterns to sew inkle bands together to make some pretty psychedelic rugs. The warp is on a loop around the loom, tied to its adjacent thread.…

Painted weaving

This is my first piece of weaving, all finished and off the loom. As you can see I got progressively tighter as I went along, starting at a 1:1 ratio for each half pattern repeat and ending around a 1:2. Unfortunate, but I might be able to use that in whatever I end up making…