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Andean Weaving

Backstrap Loom

Follow these links to sunnier climates and wonderful weaving sites. http://www.incas.org/category/weavings/making-and-dyeing-yarn Nilda lives in the mountains of Peru. She has tended sheep since she was small. She demonstrates the preparation of her […]

Woolen Spinning

Woolen Method Spinning

Woolen Spinning I like to spin yarns using the Woolen spinning method. As I work in my studio – I record and stream videos of my work almost daily. I edit the […]

Bobbin Lace

Bobbin Lacemaking

Bobbin Lace WAYBACKWHEN: 07062011 Betty Carlile and Betty Ewing, members of the Vancouver Lace Club explained the basic steps for making bobbin lace at the Gibsons Landing Fibre Festival. Basic Bobbin Lace […]

Lucet Braiding

Lucet Braiding 4

LUCET BRAIDING ORIGINAL FILE DATE: MAR. 15, 2011 During a Renaissance Festival that I attended, Celeste Colbourne of Spinsters Loft, gave a demonstration of using a Lucet to make braiding. The Lucet […]

Process Flax in Linen

Hemp Distaff 4

Processing Flax into Linen Yarn ORIGINAL FILE NAME: aa072397 FILE DATE: 07-23-97 EDIT DATE: 04-11-26 There are two general types of flax, one is grown for seeds, the other for its fiber. […]