I guess it’s funny to define what roving is now, after writing so many weaving technique posts on it, but incase there are people new to weaving and fiber reading this…
Monthly Archives
August 2017
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So we’ve gone over a few different ways to soumak your wool roving and today I wanted to talk about the most fun way to weave with your roving. We’re going…
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When weavers are transitioning from beginner to intermediate and ask me what weaving techniques they can try to develop their skills, I often recommend trying draft patterns.…
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If you worked through the weave along, you’ll remember that we made a fishtail braid at one point in our weave. The fishtail braid has such an interesting look and it’s…
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Changing colors of the threads you’re weaving with is a really fun part of weaving. Maybe you’ve only switched threads in a new row, or maybe you have switched colors in…
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I recently re-watched the Iris documentary (affiliate) on Netflix and I really love it. If you haven’t heard about this, it’s about Iris Apfel the fashion icon. Iris was born in 1921…
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Last week’s post on twinning roving got me thinking about other patterns I could make with it. I love the look of roving done in a “braided” weave, but I was…
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I received a great question on how to price weaves and I’m always hesitant to give advice on this because honestly I don’t have a perfect answer myself. But I thought…
