Small gift bags made from handwoven fabrics with crocheted edging.
Little Gifts
Designing my own Deflected Double Weave
The culmination of the year’s Deflected Double Weave study by the Way out West study group (WOW), was to convert a profile draft to a DDW and weave it. I selected a 4 shaft weave and used a portion of it for my profile draft. Applying what I have learned these past months the draft... Continue Reading →
Exploring DDW
Often when I weave I’ll explore one weave structure for a while. The guild study group I’m a member of has been studying Deflected Double Weave this year via zoom of course. There has been a resurgence of interest in this weave structure since the publishing of Marian Stubenitsky’s book, Double with a Twist. I’ve... Continue Reading →
Melissa’s Towel
Sometimes weaving starts from wanting to create something beautiful for someone we love.
Deflected Double Weave Mobius
A weaving friend told me that she was making mobius's instead of fringed scarves. So what the heck is a mobius. A mobius strip, is a one-sided continuous surface, formed by twisting 180 degrees a long narrow rectangle then connecting the two ends together. So instead of weaving a scarf with fringe, weave to the... Continue Reading →
A Virtual Workshop
Pros and Cons of a virtual weaving workshop
