I recently stopped at a local artisan’s craft store in my town. It had a lot of nicely made craft items for sale, but I noticed that there was nothing handwoven. I spoke with the owner and she indicated an interest in carrying some of my hand-wovens so I decided to develop a stockpile of… Continue reading Summer & Winter (with weights)!
Category: Handwoven Magazine
Wedding Napkins
My son who lives in Japan recently got married. Due to covid travel restrictions there was no wedding ceremony with family and friends (that will come later when worldwide travel is again possible) but I still wanted to give them a gift to celebrate the occasion. I decided to weave a set of napkins that… Continue reading Wedding Napkins
Too Much Tencel Lint
A few weeks ago I came across an article by Barbara Elkins in Handwoven Magazine (September/October 2009) which described the use of tencel in a plaited twill pattern to make some really beautiful scarves. I had some black 8/2 tencel on hand so I decided to give this new pattern a whirl. I was looking… Continue reading Too Much Tencel Lint
Bread bags and Inkle Ties
I recently came across and article in Handwoven Magazine which provided directions for weaving bread bags on a four shafts. Being a dedicated baker of sourdough bread I had to agree with the author that storing my beautiful loaves in a plastic bag was, well, a bit sad. So I decide to weave the bags.… Continue reading Bread bags and Inkle Ties
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