North American Handweaving: Musings on the Past
Rabbit Goody has spent her career weaving historically accurate textiles. Here are her musings on the history of American handweaving.
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Rabbit Goody has spent her career weaving historically accurate textiles. Here are her musings on the history of American handweaving.
One of the lesser-known contributions of the natural world is the teasel, or, more specifically, the teasel seed pod from the aptly named fuller’s teasel. These spiny seed pods may look uninviting, but they used to served an important purpose.
It isn’t that easy to have looms in two places unless you are willing to create two weaving studios.
Just about anyone is capable of winding a warp and weaving a scarf on a rigid-heddle loom, but weaving a wonderful scarf takes thought, planning, and sometimes a fair amount of patience. This is why I love Loom Theory: Rigid-Heddle Scarf Collection.
Is there anything I should be aware of when it comes to deflected doubleweave patterns using a wool that will full quite a bit after it is washed?
You also see the word woolgathering, which describes the distracted action of the woolgatherer.
Pattie Graver wove her Blending This and That Scarves for the January/February issue of Handwoven using a subdued palette that would go with just about any outfit.
An elegant M's and O's infinity hood that will make you feel like a Hollywood starlet when it’s on and won’t have messed up your hair when you take it off.
Yes, weavers have access to a lot these days, but they don’t have nearly as many choices as handspinners. Handspinners who weave can create the most personal of textiles and weave that which no one else can.
Should hemming, fringe twisting, etc. for woven pieces be done before or after wet-finishing them?
When I first began work on the January/February 2019 issue of Handwoven on yarn blends, I couldn’t help but think about the vegetable lamb of Tartary.
I grouped these three questions together because they all involve the same kind of reasoning and knowledge related to designing around yarn. The first important step to take is to download the Master Yarn Chart.