Tien Chiu from warpandweave and Janet Dawson from Weaving with Janet Dawson invited to the Color and weave weavealong, intended for the loom. But I was very interested in the topic of color and so I signed up. A group of #teamrigidheddleloom quickly formed, who transferred the pattern of the coasters to the gate comb frame. Since I still Continue reading...
What you need for weaving
What do you need for weaving on the creel comb loom? The nice thing about weaving is that you don't need too much and you can improvise a lot. I particularly like that there are many natural materials such as wood and little plastic. The most important thing is of course the rigid heddle loom itself, here you can see my Ashford Rigid heddle loom at 80 Continue reading...
Calculate warp and weft
Today I will explain to you how to calculate the required amount of yarn for warp and weft. You are planning a new project, a scarf, table runner, fabric for a piece of clothing and you have a special thread in the stash and you don’t know whether it’s enough or not? Then you can either dare or quickly open a quick calculation and Continue reading...
favorite rage rugs - Tina Ignell
Favorite rag rugs by Tina Ignell has just appeared and landed in my mail during my vacation in Denmark. Since I had just discovered how much fun it can be to weave a patchwork quilt, the book fits all the better as a topic. And it wasn't until my vacation that I saw again how important rag rugs are in Scandinavia. Tina Ignell knows Continue reading...
Neat selvedges and beating correctly
You can find out why tidy selvedges and correct hitting belong together in the blog today. We kill two birds with one stone and make our further work much easier. Here we go! Winkel Do you still remember weaving in school? This one thread up, the next down, etc. On the Rigid heddle loom we need this through Continue reading...
Weaving news November 2020
Today I am introducing you to news from November weaving. It is slowly but surely getting colder and there is more manual work again. After a relaxing holiday in Denmark during the autumn holidays, I'm back - I'm on vacation again in the first week of November, gnihihihi, and I'm looking forward to the penultimate month of the year. Two Continue reading...
Pillow sampler weavealong from Schacht
Since I was on vacation, I was only able to take part in the weavealong cushion cover from Schacht Spindle Co. later, but despite everything I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Due to Corona, the spinning and weaving week could not take place in the LYS, guilds or the like, so it was moved to the Internet. The international one could also be perfect Continue reading...
Autumn poncho woven quickly
An autumn poncho is a quickly woven project and will keep you warm. All of a sudden it was there, autumn. Finally. I love autumn, it is my favorite season: you can stroll through the forest for hours and soak up some fresh air, cuddle up on the sofa under the covers and read or netflix, drink tea, have thoughts Continue reading...
Welcome to weaving 2 - Lindsay Campbell
Some time ago I introduced you to the book Welcome to weaving by Lindsay Campbell aka Hello Hydrangea, today you will get to know the successor Welcome to weaving 2. The book: Welcome to weaving 2 was published by Schiffer Verlag, with the ISBN: 978-0764357688 and costs around 20 euros. Lindsey Campbell shows on 160 pages Continue reading...
weaving made easy - Liz Gipson
You are looking for a beginner's book with unusual projects, you understand English - then go to Liz Gipson's “weaving made easy”. I have already presented the second book by the author Handwoven home, in the article Books for Weaving I also touched on weaving made easy. But this great beginner's book also deserves its own article. Liz Gipson Continue reading...
