Hankering for Yarn

May 28th, 2008

Kente cloth weavers

Whew…. want to watch something awe inspiring and humbling?
Click on YouTube on Kente Cloth weavers….
There are a series of mind blowing videos of Kente cloth weavers at work. Mastery in motion, and I MEAN ‘in motion’!
Dazzling…..
Tags: Kente cloth weavers, narrow band weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms

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May 16th, 2008

Memorial textiles- all the links

My daughter, Chloë, has just posted the most heartmelting entry on her blog. (click the link below to see her pics)
She has written about what it has been like for her to do the sewing of the memorial textiles (called antependia) that we have co-created in memory of her Nana, my precious mother in law….. […]

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April 21st, 2008

Memorial weaving-3

I’ve been immersed in weaving bands that are going to be part of a memorial for a woman I adored- my late mother-in-law. She was an amazing and delightful woman who was a joy and one of the dearest friends and greatest influences in my life.

I’ve written about it before - memorial textiles 
For the last […]

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April 8th, 2008

Memorial weaving-2-weaving a metaphor

 
Chloë wrote today about her part of the Memorial textiles that we are working on in celebration of the life of her grandmother/my beloved mother-in-law.
Chloë’s doing a fabulous job on them, and it’s a HUGE project, all driven by love.
Jim took some pics of me working on my part…. the weaving of the narrow bands […]

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April 5th, 2008

Memorial weaving-1

Awhile back, I posted about being asked by the Memorial committee at our church if I’d be interested in weaving banners and runners in memory of my darling mother in law.
It’s taken awhile to get all the details sorted and everything approved, but now things are on fast forward.
Turns out what the committee wanted was […]

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March 18th, 2008

My DIL is weaving now!

Yesterday, my daughter in law emailed me from work.
Would it be hard to learn to weave the strap for a camera case for her sister?
Not at all!
So, last night, after supper, we got the loom  warped, and she sat right down and wove her  first band:

She did a gorgeous job! She’s a born weaver.
Am I […]

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January 23rd, 2008

Small looms I love- All the links

I’ve just finished writing a series of posts about small looms that I love.
Here’s the list of loom links organized by the cost of the looms:
$0 - Looms made from recycled stuff
Under $5 - Plastic Potholder Looms
Under $15- Peggetty Loom Book
Under $20- Harrisville Potholder Loom
Harrisville Peg Loom

Under $25 - Harrisville Backstrap […]

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January 21st, 2008

Small looms I love-Band looms -3

Another wonderful little band loom that is a modern, beautifully made, inexpensive version of an ancient loom is Harrisville Looms Backstrap Loom

the shuttle in the photo is one that my son in law made for me. A very nice little wooden one comes with the loom.
The loom comes with an excellent instruction booklet.
It’s wonderfully portable […]

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January 21st, 2008

Small looms I love-Band looms -2

One of the great loom loves of my life is the inkle loom.
I have woven countless vests, bags, dolls, rugs,  and components of other garments and accessories on the inkle loom.

This is my two sided inkle loom that my husband built for me.  The two sided inkle looms are slower to warp, but are sturdier […]

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January 21st, 2008

Small looms I love-Band looms -1

I think I must have had a lot of lifetimes weaving on narrow looms.
I just have this thing about looms that weave narrow bands.
I love love love them. Perhaps it’s because I like to design with modules…. I don’t know…….. anyhow, my love of weaving narrow bands and strips has made me gravitate towards […]

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