Harvest what you craft

Hard wood shuttles We're now crafting several of our classic shuttles from plum wood—and we absolutely love it! Plum is truly beautiful, with striking grain contrasts and hints of purple, red, and green. Some of our plum wood comes from old trees in our orchard, and some has been salvaged from friends’ homes and even bonfire piles! This wood comes from a once-popular, very sour yellow plum variety—known for its gut-friendly qualities and still cherished in Japanese cuisine. While many of these trees have been replaced by sweeter types, we're proud to preserve their legacy by turning them into tools...

I have been testing out a new small table loom.  The idea was for it to be for band weaving but other narrow warps can be woven too.  The great thing is you can use it for not only rigid heddle, but whatever your weaving preference is, tablet (card), string heddles, or many styles of rigid heddles. One side is a ,,wind up,, and the other side we used out rolling lock system like in the bandlocks. Advancing is easy and it stays locked in place.  I really like that system because instead of the textile being wrapped up, you...

Here is one example of some shoelaces I wove for Christmas presents.  Everyone has belts, key chains, hat trims, jacket trims etc, but they sure did not see shoelaces coming!  It was the narrowest band I had made so felt dainty in the hands while weaving.   Results none the less, a strong band into laces.  

Paces wool mill in Latvia. Finally we had the chance to visit the mill we source our wool from.  Its on the complete other side of Latvia.  Yes, Latvia is a small country and the size is relative.  But driving 4 hours seems like a big commitment here. I have been dreaming of the wool mill ever since I saw the wool.  The wool mill is the only one in Latvia that you can bring your own wool and get yarn in exchange.  And that is how they get all the fiber. Then they clean it the traditional way in a...