During the latest weave-along, we have been exploring warp-faced colorwork to weave bands on a rigid-heddle loom. This has led to all sorts of exploratory questions about tape and box looms, many of which utilize a rigid-heddle style reed as the shedding device. Every weaving culture has some sort of band technique that expresses their …
One of my favorite things to do when visiting my mom in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is to go to the local thrift store. Tucked in a corner is a section where the staff and volunteers sift through the donations and pick out special items to set aside for silent auction. I’m grateful that …
Stripes are the backbone of woven design—the workhorse of colorwork. When warp and weft stripes meet, beautiful things happen. Perhaps the three most common terms used to describe woven colorwork are stripe, check, and plaid. In general, I try to be precise with my language while trying to avoid some of the traps of being …
Since the industrial revolution, craft revivals come in waves, the Arts and Crafts movement of the 1880s, the Southern Craft revival of the 1930s, the back to the land movement of the 1970s, and the modern DIY movement that began in the 2000s. I’m fascinated by the cyclical nature of this phenomena of remembering, reinvention, and …
Since I started #weaverwednesday a few short weeks ago, I’ve been thinking of all the weavers who have laid tracks for those of us who have stumbled upon the weavers way. I first met Sara Lamb when I was working on the SOAR staff back in the early aughts. She was the first one to show me how velvet …
