Harvest what you craft — weaving workshop

loom loving from France.

Clare Anderson-Safronova

Tags rigid heddles, weaving workshop

loom loving from France.

We love seeing the looms around the world.  And what more to love when someone is teaching the weaving gospel to others. Here is a fiber artist Nadine Marchal (see here beautiful works here www.nadine-marchal.com ) teaching with backstrap weaving with harvestloom heddles. doesn't the studio look so inviting!


5 double slotted pattern loom

5 double slotted pattern loom

The 5 pattern bands are cranking out these days. Why?  Its just so easy to get in the rhythm with 5 strings.  Im starting to think its just as fast as plain weave.  here are a few drafts to color up your bands with.  There are more available to download here A complete loom setup ready to weave is on the shop as well. The band above is linen background warp, as well as the borders and weft.  The colors are in wool.  That is the traditional band material in Northern Europe.  In Latvia and the other Baltic countries you will find weavers...