Follow me as I weave along the way
After a botched posting, I'm back to share. Off the loom now is this black, white, and gray, Bronson Lace weave. You can see the center of this towel design. I love lace weaves, this is the first time I've woven this design. It began with a pattern found in the Weavers Book of 8... Continue Reading →
Hurricane Harvey and it's aftermath have caused a slow down or halt to any weaving the past 2 weeks. I'm lucky our house was not flooded. We were in a mandatory evacuation zone. After attempting to get out of town but finding roads blocked by rising waters. (A very scary situation) the night was spent in... Continue Reading →
In March of this year I decided to buy a Tempo Treadle from Lofty Fiber to create error free weaving on my Baby Macomber loom. So what is Tempo Treadle ? It involves adding magnets to your treadles, (attached with velcro), that are detected during weaving by a sensor array strip placed below the treadles. The array... Continue Reading →
After a trip to Aruba I finished setting up the Spring loom to begin weaving. It required learning new skills to get this far. Yes, I've been weaving for over 30 years but there are always new things one can learn about ways to use equipment. Back to front, Front to back, how do you put... Continue Reading →
A horizontal band or accent along or near the edge used to highlight a design is one definition of border. When I design towels adding a border creates visual interest. The shadow weave towels just off the loom have borders at the bottom edge of the towel. More details about these towels can... Continue Reading →
It is so nice to be able to weave again. The work is completed on the house, (sigh of relief). I have almost finished washing all the crystal and china to put back into the cabinets. It makes me wonder why I collect depression glass. On the loom is an 8 harness shadow weave. They will... Continue Reading →
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