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Modern Tapestry – Between art and craft

WeavingBy Modern Maker2 February 2021Leave a comment

Fascination Tapestry Today I want to explore the fascinating world of tapestry weaving! Like many fibre arts, tapestry still has the reputation of being dusty, old-fashioned and has-been.I must admit I thought the same only two years ago…Until I discovered at the first one, then two and then a whole new world of stunning tapestry artists…

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Krokbragd - My favourite 7 patterns

Krokbragd- My favourite 7 patterns

WeavingBy Modern Maker25 January 2021Leave a comment

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…

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Krokbragdweaving right away

WeavingBy Modern Maker11 January 202113 Comments

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…

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Saoriweaving: Creating without Fear

WeavingBy Modern Maker4 January 20215 Comments

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…

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How to warp a simple frame loom in under 20 minutes

WeavingBy Modern Maker16 December 201810 Comments

I bet many of you have these little school frame looms at home… and the firm intention to use them one day to do some weaving, to make beautiful wall-hangings and play around a bit… and never done so, because you don’t know how to warp it?

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Weaving with a self made loom

WeavingBy Modern Maker9 December 20182 Comments

Today the fourth post of my little series about weaving adventures! (First one with general explications here, second one about weaving without a loom here, third one about my Bento bag here). I use the book Weaving within the reach as an inspiration to try out different techniques – this week I wove two objects…

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Weaving without a loom- Bento Bag

WeavingBy Modern Maker2 December 20185 Comments

Today the third post of my little series about weaving adventures! (First one with general explications here, second one about weaving without a loom here). I use the book Weaving within the reach as an inspiration to try out different techniques – this week I made a last experiment to weave without a loom.

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Aquaverde

WeavingBy Modern Maker28 November 20184 Comments

Want to share one of my most beloved weavings so far: my Aquaverde cushion cover! Entirely made out of handspun. The warp is handspun yarn from Purlverde, the weft is some corespun yarn by me, my most cherished one in fact.

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Weaving without a loom – experiments and failures

WeavingBy Modern Maker25 November 20184 Comments

So, today the second post of my little series about weaving adventures! (First one with general explications here). I use the book Weaving within the reach as an inspiration to try out different techniques – this week weaving without a loom.

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Riggid Heddle Loom- plain weave

Weaving – with or without a loom

WeavingBy Modern Maker18 November 20188 Comments

I want to start a little series of postings about different weaving techniques. In the first place about different looms – or even about weaving without a loom at all. I discovered recently a book: Weaving within the reach, that really fascinates me. It shows so many possibilities to make beautiful weavings without or with…

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