I love using beads in my weaving. The combination is amazing! I ordered a bunch of beads from my favorite site, TheBeadChest.com and started planning how to use them. Here are the strands I used in this project.

Sierra Weaving detail by All Roads. Part of the Santa Ana Collection. Via All Roads Design

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As I continue to ‘weave my way’ (pun intended ;) ) through skeins of yarn, I find that I am always learning new weaving tricks and techniques that stretch me – which I am happy to share with all of you. From An Introduction to Weaving to showing you how to DIY a Mini Framed Weave to posting an Interview with the very talented fibre artist, Kate from The Weaving Loom blog, I’ve loved passing along bits of creativity to all of you lovely readers. But, of course, some of the best lessons of all have come from my missteps, too! This is no less true for today’s post: 3 Mini Weavings, 2 Techniques. While these mini weavings are easy to make, there is one crucial step that I initially missed (and later corrected) that you’ll want to pay attention to when you try this too. Below, I’ll take you through my initial mistake, how I fixed it, and then the final – super cute – results 🙂 Without further ado, let’s get started! MATERIALS lap loom tapestry needle & scissors cotton or hemp yarn (to create the warp) choice of coloured yarn (to create the weft) shed stick (or cardboard of equivalent […]

I've been focusing on beginner techniques a lot lately, but I have also seen quite a few of you weaving from some intermediate techniques I've shared and they are turning out really lovely! Incase you've missed the more intermediate techniques, I've put together this post as a roundup and plan on sharing more soon! Just click

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A few weeks ago I was teaching the weft interlock to a student, when we both observed that it sometimes looked really good and other times it looked awful. I have always hated using this technique and now I know why! Because I was doing it wrong. I had always taught that it’s important to be consistent about which weft goes under and which one goes over, which is somewhat true, but it’s far more complicated than that. After consulting many books, and trying it out myself, I finally made sense of it. Carol Russell’s book explains it, but I couldn’t understand the explanation until I tried it. Here goes. When the 2 wefts meet in the same shed, they will meet between 2 warps. One of those wefts will have to go under a raised warp afterwards, and it is THAT WEFT that must go under the other, then back over it and weave itself into the next shed first. If you do it the other way, then the join will look lumpy, as you can see in this example. Here you can see the correctly woven join at the bottom, then when I shifted to the next warp space on the right, but continued to weave the left weft first, it came out wrong. Messy and lumpy. So instead of saying that you must always weave the left hand (or right hand) weft first, which is what I used to say, I would now say that you have to judge it by which one goes UNDER a RAISED WARP; and that will change each time you move to the next space. So if you are moving over one warp at a time, you will have to alternate left and right. Try it! You’ll see. Now that I’ve got the hang of it, I’ve discovered what a lovely join it is, and have been playing with it this weekend, so that I can offer examples for my students. It certainly makes a lot of sense when you have a long vertical line. I realize that this will be different if you weave all your wefts in the same direction while in the same shed, but since I preach the “meet and separate” method, where adjacent wefts go in opposite directions in the same shed, this is how it works for me. It’s the official beginning of summer here on Cape Cod, where I’ve spent the Memorial Day weekend with my sister and her family, cleaning the cottage inside and out. The weather has been perfect, and I enjoyed paddling my kayak in Cape Cod Bay. The water was not as cold as I expected, so I even went for a brief swim yesterday. This morning it was so smoky that I couldn’t stand being outside. We discovered it was from wild fires hundreds of miles to the north in Quebec, but luckily for us, the wind changed in the afternoon and the air cleared.

Leer weven met stap voor stap instructies In deze tutorial leer je de basis van het weven. Van het opzetten van je kettingsteken, tot het maken van weefsteken. Scroll naar beneden om alles te leren over je eerste weefproject. Weven op een weefraam is een trendy handwerktechniek. Je kunt er je eigen keuken handdoeken mee maken

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Today I am thrilled to be interviewing the supremely talented weaver and blogger Kate from The Weaving Loom: The Modern Lap Loom Weaver’s Resource. If you don’t already know her, I know you will instantly become a fan. Kate’s blog is filled with beautiful images and practical tutorials on everything from basic weaving techniques to resources for weavers. I first discovered Kate on Pinterest just a couple of months ago and was so excited to find that there was a blog out there all about learning the basics of weaving! Kate’s own weavings are a great source of inspiration and eye-catching both for their texture and vibrant colours. She has a true artist’s eye for her craft and shares her insights and all that she’s learned on her own weaving journey with her readers each and every week. You can follow her on her weaving adventures here: // The Weaving Loom // Pinterest // Instagram // She also has an Etsy shop: // The Weaving Loom Shop // INTERVIEW WITH KATE What fun facts can you tell us about yourself? I love to read for fun, and mostly listen to audiobooks while doing other things. If I had to pick a last meal, I think it would be chocolate…with […]

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