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Coiled Wool Basket Pattern

A pattern for making a coiled basket using Fantti wool yarn. [...]

Hemp Tapestry Pillow Weaving Pattern

A weaving pattern for a pillow woven using a doubleweave technique. [...]

Hemp Rep Weave Placemat Pattern

A free weaving pattern for making placemats using hemp yarn. [...]

Tablet Weaving Pattern 102

This tablet woven band uses 10 weaving cards.

Warp: 12/2 Linen Red – 8 ends Black – 24 ends White – 8 ends Total – 40 ends Weft – 12/2 Linen – Black

Card Weaving Books

Card Weaving With nothing more than colored yarn and simple cardboard squares, crafters can produce [...]

How to Warp a Beaivi Weaving Loom

To put a warp onto a Beaivi Sami weaving loom is a fairly simple process. I use my warping board that is attached to the back of my loom to measure the warp – similar to preparing a warp for any other loom. While I am measuring the warp, I thread the Beaivi loom [...]

Pickup Pattern for a Rigid Heddle Loom No 68

Sami Weaving Pattern – Zig zag. [...]

Handiscola Crafts Project

Handiscola Instructions for weaving baskets with birch bark (in .pdf format). The English translation begins on Page 11.

Handiscola Handiscola was an EU project that brought together participants from European countries to learn and increase appreciation for traditional handicrafts.

Ribbon Plaiting

Naalbinding The downloadable .pdf file includes instructions for making mittens, a [...]

Tablet Woven Belt Pattern #74

This is my second tablet woven belt. Instead of using wooden cards, I wove this belt with the Lacis brand of plastic cards. I found these slightly easier to handle because they are thinner than the wooden ones, so fit in the palm of my hand better.

I used Finnish cotton yarn for [...]

Band weaving: aa101111

I have woven on large multishaft looms for many years, but have not had the chance to study the smaller versions of our weaving craft in much detail until now. Currently my big loom is tied up with another rya rug that will take several weeks to complete. I thought that I would explore [...]

Saami Double Rigid Heddle Looms

We may be familiar with the standard rigid heddle loom consisting of a reed with slots and holes. In some parts of Scandinavia, a rigid heddle with an extra set of holes or slots is also used. The pattern weft is threaded through the additional top holes, making it easy to pick up the [...]

Finnish Rigid Heddle Band Weaving Patterns

2 Slot Weaving Reed Instructions How to weave using a Saami style double slot weaving reed.

These bands or belts are woven using a rigid heddle loom. The warp has 31 ends.

Use 2/12 wool yarn for the background warp and weft. (BLUE) Use 2/5 wool yarn for the pattern weft. (YELLOW)

Thread [...]

Loom Shaped Clothing

Loom-shaped clothing is apparel made from separate pieces which are shaped as they are woven. [...]

In Love with Linen - Linen Towel Samples

I love linen. Towels woven with linen yarns last forever and just get better. Here are a few photos of some fabulous linen towels that were recently sent to me by Maureen.

Linen Sauna Towel Woven by an elderly Swedish woman.

Grace’s Towel – Linen Sampler Woven by Grace [...]

Huck Lace Workshop

“Many weeks (actually months) ago I took a workshop exploring huck lace with a local instructor at our guild. The participants in the workshop graciously gave me permission to share some pictures of their work and I was to have posted it all a long time ago. The workshop was in September, and I [...]

Guild Warp Project

A guild weaving project using purple, lavender and metallic yarns. [...]

Doubleweave Rag Rugs

Examples of doubleweave rag rugs woven by our forum member [...]

Cat's Trail & Butterfly Scarves

Cat’s Trail & Butterfly Scarves handwoven by one of our forum members. [...]

Northern Lights Black Ice Shawl

Black Ice Shawl handwoven by Marina [...]

T-shirt Rag Rugs

Telly weaves rag rugs using recycled T-shirts [...]

Handwoven Altar Cloths

Handwoven Altar cloths woven by Joy. [...]

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