by StaceyHB | Nov 3, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
I said last week that I would show you something similar to the combined single and double cloth, but with floats. Because of the floats, the cloth is now a single layer. Using the same design, but turning the ‘blocks’ on the second layer into plain...
by StaceyHB | Oct 27, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
Combined single and double cloths is one of my favourite methods of creating textural weaving because of the immediate possibility of tension differences between the more compact single cloth areas compared to the looser double cloth construction. With handweaving,...
by StaceyHB | Oct 13, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
In last weeks’ blog, I showed you how to interchange the two layers, something double cloth weavers of more than 4 shafts are probably quite familiar with. This week, I’ll show you how you can use the weft stitching to create the textural impact you...
by StaceyHB | Oct 10, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Travel, Weaving
I was in London earlier this week to review the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers ‘Diamond’ exhibition, celebrating their 60th year. The exhibition is only on for 1 week, so by the time you read this, you’ll be unlikely to be able to...
by StaceyHB | Oct 6, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
I wrote last week about the most familiar version of stitched double cloth – where a single warp end from one of the two layers is woven in with one pick of the other layer, so tieing the two cloths together at that point. There are other ways to achieve a...
by StaceyHB | Oct 3, 2010 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Last weekend a group of us joined together in Devon to attend Alice Schlein’s Woven Pixel workshop for 3 days. We were blessed with wonderful weather, great company, and a tremendous learning experience. Alice is a very patient and skilled tutor with Photoshop...
