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Old Friends and New Friends

by | Aug 8, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Travel, Weaving

Like many other weavers, my blog this week is about old friends and new friends.  After visiting New Mexico for the Complex Weavers Seminars and HGA’s Convergence 2010, in Albequerque, many of us are buzzing with new techniques and information that we’ve...

Texture in Textiles – Honeycomb

by | Jul 14, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving

Today’s post is about honeycomb. The first thing to clear up is what I mean by honeycomb.  In old weaving books, and in UK and Europe, what I am talking about is distorted weft.  In the US it is known as honeycomb, and I am using that terminology because it...

Texture in Plain Weave – Warp Repp

by | Jun 30, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving

Last week we looked at introducing textural elements into your plain weave to give instant changes.  This week, we are looking at a technique called Warp Repp.  This is a fabric where the warp yarns are so closely sett to each other that the weft yarn cannot be seen. ...

Texture in Weaving – Starting Simple

by | Jun 23, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving

Texture in Plain Weave  – Starting Simple As promised last week, here is the first post on how to introduce texture into your weaving.  This is especially for people with simple looms, rigid heddle, 2 or 4 shafts.  I’m not going to go into tapestry here as there...