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In this post I invite you to my learning process as I learn the basics of backstrap weaving, a technique I have been longing to learn for quite a while.
3 posts published by lavernewaddington during February 2022
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Weekend before last, I learned how to make these on a backstrap loom, in a workshop taught by the guru of backstrap weaving, Laverne Waddington, with this view of Lake Yale in Leesburg, FL. How lucky am I?! My first backstrap weaving workshop was taught by the delightful Laverne Waddington! What a true treat and pleasure. She stopped…
Backstrap looms, battens and more for Backstrap weaving, or Mayan weaving. Tons of kits and tools available for Backstrap weaving.
3 posts published by lavernewaddington during July 2016
Love working in the garden!
Traditional backstrap weaving is an important component of identity in the high Andes, along with traditional alpaca herding & the use of Quechua language.
All of us at Baaad Anna's had a blast at Knit City and we are thrilled to bring some of the excitement back to our store... We still have some skeins of the hopping VICE Yarns, White Birch Fiber Arts and Leading Men Fiber available after the madness that was yarnie heaven at…
Buy your very own backstrap weaving loom! Have you thought of trying your hand at weaving with a simple loom like the backstrap loom? It is a centuries old system of weaving textiles and is used throughout the world from the Americas to Asia. We have hand made weaving looms for sale on our website…
Kudottua sahalaitakuviota on Karjalassa kutsuttu polviksi, ja tästä johtuu adjektiivi polviniekka. Eteläisen Jääsken kihlakunnan alueella kudottiin omalaatuisia sinipunaisia polviniekkavöitä. Vyöt ovat väritykseltään ja sommittelultaan sellaisia, että ne erottuvat omana tyyppinään. Jääsken kihlakunnan nauhojen ohella tähän on sisällytetty kaikki tuntemani nauhamallit, joissa esiintyy polvikuvio. Niiden nauhojen välillä ei ole muuta selkeästi yhdistävää tekijää kuin polvikuvio. KA441. Polvikuviota…
I like to think that the colors in latest piece on which I am working were inspired by early morning and late evening skies that I have been lucky to see in my travels. Maybe last year while I sat watching the snows of Mt Rainier glow gold and rose in the setting sun and…
This page contains a free tutorial on how to weave a plain-weave tubular band while sewing it to the edge of cloth. If, however, you would like to weave a traditional patterned tubular band that is used in the Andes to edge fabric, I have produced a-book on this topic that is available as a…
By Laverne Waddington. My weaving , my inspiration, tutorials and more........
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By Laverne Waddington. My weaving , my inspiration, tutorials and more........
By Laverne Waddington. My weaving , my inspiration, tutorials and more........
