Hello everyone, I've been haunted by a topic of creative weaving for some time and now it is being implemented, there is also a topic of weaving for beginners. This article is now even more foresight, but will gradually become the table of contents for this complex of topics. Of course, weaving is quite creative per se, but Continue reading...
Assembling the Toika Siru
To match the brand new loom, I will of course also show you the assembly of the Toika Siru. Mister was kind enough to set up Schiffchenschieber and I was able to take pictures - great division of labor for us 🙂 Assembling the Toika Siru The Toika Siru also comes with illustrated, wordless instructions in black and white. There are also videos of the assembly on the website. Hm. Difficult. Unfortunately Continue reading...
Weaving news February 2021
A little later than usual - SORRY - of course there will be news from weaving again February 2021. In the last few weeks it was quite quiet here, I enjoyed the holidays extensively and read more than I did weave ... and did sport, a lot of sport! Quite untypical for me, but apparently there is a sport I like - of course Continue reading...
My 2020 advent calendar project
It starts, my 2020 advent calendar project starts. When Petra von fru valborg announced that she would be publishing a small edition Advent calendar, it quickly became clear to me that I wanted it. And it actually worked. They were all gone within half an hour. Then the question was - what do I weave fine? It becomes a blanket in the double weave, Continue reading...
Weaving news December 2020
It's very Christmassy - including news from weaving in December 2020. My advent calendar project with yarn from fru valborg is finally starting. It is now a ceiling as a double weave. News from weaving December 2020 Article: Museumsweberei Meldorf - Preserving historical fabrics The weaving tradition Tweed threatened to disappear until Nike called - series such as Sherlock Holmes and Downtown Continue reading...
Color and weave weavealong or color experiments on the rigid heddle loom
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...
