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?
Want to start a series of articles about inspirations and inspirational artistes that make my heart sing. The first one in this series is an American textile artist, Mary Clarke Edwards. Her artiste name is Mary Buttons and she’s a Knitter, Weaver and Bagmaker. And the reason why I started to weave myself!
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…
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.
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.
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.
Looking for a beautiful, useful crochet basket pattern? I found one I’m absolutely happy with and I wanted to share. It’s the Darling Be Brave Adjustable Basket Pattern by Megan Aldred.
Always looking for the perfect placemats for my kitchen table. Beautiful and useful… and handmade, please! After some testing I finally found a pattern I’m really happy with.
From time to time there is a pattern you fall in love at first sight. In this case it’s more a stitch pattern than a pattern itself, the “Jasmine stitch” I’ve fallen so deeply in love I made three cushion covers in one month.
Why for? That’s a question everyone asks every time I show one of my “artyarns” (artyarn used here as a term for a “textured” yarn in opposition to an “even” yarn). Why loosing your time making a yarn you can’t really knit with? Because it’s beautiful…. because I love making it….. could be one possible…