Category: HAND WEAVING

Hand weaving on Looms big and small.

Huck Lace

Huck Lace Weaving Draft

Huck Lace Weaving Draft I have used this weaving draft for baby blankets and it makes nice, thermal-type blankets. Post Views: 622

Birdseye Draft

Birdseye Weaving Draft

Birdseye Weaving Draft Bird’s Eye drafts are one of my favourite types of drafts. There are several variations of threading and treadling that you can choose from. Bird’s Eye twill can be […]

Twill Draft

Twill Weaving Draft

Twill Weaving Draft One of the basic weaving drafts is the twill draft. In a twill weave, one or two consecutive warp threads are raised and two are lowered. On the following […]

Weaving with Hemp

Hemp Towels

Weaving and Spinning Hemp From rope to fine tablecloths, hemp has been used by industry and for textiles for many centuries. The earliest uses of hemp date back to the Chinese, in […]

Poppana

Poppana Rug

Poppana During a trip to Ontario, I had the opportunity to view some wonderful examples of Finnish textiles. Here are some photos of them. Post Views: 658

Takana

Reijo Takana

Täkänä FI – TäkänäHere are some examples of Finnish weaving techniques of Double weave Pickup and Täkänä. Post Views: 581