In order to complet my last blog post about Krokbragdweaving, I’ll show you today my favourite 7 Krokbragd patterns. I thought that this could help in two ways: You can start more easily right away Perhaps you can pick up some new ideas or inspirations Obviously I can’t give an exhaustive pattern guide. As I…
For today’s post we travel to the other side of the globe: Scandinavia! To discover another of my favourite weaving structures: Krokbragd! Little history before going “in medias res”: While Saoriweaving was my favourite technique to weave on a rigged heddle loom in the beginning of my “weaving career”, the reason I start learning to…
1. What is Saoriweaving ? Saori is a recent Japanese weaving technique invented by Misao Jo en 1957. Sa = has the meaning of Zen in Japanese, Ori = Weaving. On the contrary to conventional weaving, Saori is a kind of “free-form” technique. No pattern, no rules, no schemes to follow. Instead Saori encourage to…