The Ashford SampleIt 40cm loom is compact without sacrificing function, and is just perfect for both new and experienced weavers. Whether you are learning to weave for the first time, want to learn new techniques or sample your wonderful yarns, this loom is fun and easy to use. . Made from solid natural silver beech timber, this loom has strong handles, ratchets and clicker pawls so your warp never unwinds unintentionally. . Ashford Handicrafts Ltd has become a world leader in the manufacture of quality spinning wheels, weaving looms and textile equipment. They use only the finest native New Zealand Silver Beech hardwood, sourced from sustainably-managed forests with Forest Stewardship Council approval. Relax knowing your crafts are sustainable, renewable and environmentally-friendly. . Features Natural timber finish Portable and lightweight Built-in second heddle option Extra reeds available in 6 sizes
Its pretty, its useful, and its drop-proof! Making and using a wrist distaff for hanspinners.
Milkweed plants not only support threatened monarch butterfly populations, they produce several types of spinnable fiber! Learn how milkweed floss has been used in the past and methods for blending it to create your own pro-butterfly blends.
To make handspun yarn, you don’t have to use a spinning wheel. Drop spindle spinning is easy to learn, portable and less expensive.
Anyone can learn the fairly straightforward nettle fiber processing of extracting fiber from the humble stinging nettle.
Anyone can learn the fairly straightforward nettle fiber processing of extracting fiber from the humble stinging nettle.
Wildflower Yarn is made from strips of lightweight cotton voile fabric. It's a perfect summer bulky cotton yarn for hand knitting.
The spinning wheel is an ancient invention that turns plant and animal fibers into thread or yarn, which are then woven into cloth on a loom.
A blog about Saori hand weaving,sewing clothing from hand wovens and many fiber arts from felting to hand spinning to fiber dyeing.
One of our most popular and favorite handspun yarns — each skein is one-of-a-kind, beautiful, and unique. Our Unicorn yarn has a merino base and is beautifully hand dyed and then hand spun with extra scrappy bits of pastel colored rainbow fibers, right here in our Nashville studio. This 2-ply, thick and thin yarn is super chunky and textural: it's perfect for weavings, cowls, scarves, and hats. Every batch of unicorn yarn is unique, different, and hand made in very limited in quantities — so get them while they last!
Have you ever stopped to think about why you finish your handspun yarn by thwacking it against a surface or snapping it between your hands? Emonieiesha shares her tips for finishing a skein.
100g skein of hand dyed dyed in small batches by me in my kitchen
Afraid of weaving handspun yarn as singles? Hog wash! Applying sizing to your singles before you warp will help you reduce abrasion problems, tame overtwist, and get weaving faster.
DOROTHY LIEBES Dorothy Liebes was an American Textile Designer who pioneered modern weaving. Her weaving was particularly remarkable due to the unusual materials which she used, including wood, plas…
Crossing Threads is the collaborative work of Lauren and Kassandra Hernandez. Based in Sydney, they create textural fiber art. Take a look behind the scenes
This weaving kit includes all the yarns needed to weave these Playing with Blocks Waffle Weave Towels designed by Jodi Ybarra for Handwoven May/June 2015. Get inspired using color and texture on your rigid heddle loom! Waffle weave is the ideal weave structure for kitchen towels with its super absorbent abilities. Weaving texture on your rigid heddle loom is very easy to achieve with just one pick up stick. Mix color blocks with waffle weave to get something new and different. Yarns: Aurora Earth 8/2 cotton in Mint, Blue and Duck. The three colors used are of the same value but also have enough contrast to make the color block squares prominently seen throughout the towels. Equipment needed: rigid heddle loom; 12 dent reed with 21.33” weaving width; 4 shuttles Finished Size: 16" x 24 1/2" per towel Instructions: This project is featured in Handwoven May/June 2015. You will need to purchase this magazine for the instructions if you don't already own a copy. Designed by Jodi Ybarra
My woven murals are made from many different luxury fibers, all wall hangings vary from merino, handspun yarn, silk, cotton, bamboo, wool, banana yarn and more. Each web image is handmade and unique, they all contain yarn hand spun by me, I mix the fibers by hand and love mixing and hand spinning each unique yarn. I am also happy to create custom-made products according to your wishes. The Purple Small woven mural is a mixture of (white/pink/purple and rose) finding balance together. It was woven with Handspun Merino Wool with Banana Yarn, Alpaca, Recycled Sari Silk, Handspun Coil Yarn with Banana Yarn and Cotton. Width about 17 cm Height approx. 31 cm at the highest point of the woven piece Height approx. 35 cm with beech rod for hanging Colors may vary depending on device. The woven picture is hung on the wall using a beech wooden stick on a nail.
Images via Koron007 Centuries ago, fabric was a rare and precious commodity only the wealthy could afford. So people treasured old and worn-out pieces of clothing to recycle and reuse in order to make new clothes. Thus the sakiori was born. Sakiori comes from the word "saki" which means to tear up or rip and "ori" which means weave. Recycling old fabric remnants into sakiori weavings follows the Japanese indispensable concept of “mottainai” or not wasting precious cloth that can prolong the fabric’s useful life through recycling and reuse. Weaving all these remnants of fabric was immensely hard work back then, however very rewarding and worth the effort as clothing made from repurposed cotton was vastly warmer, softer, and more durable than the rough linens that could be made from Japan’s natural fibers. Sakiori was mostly used to make rugs and covers, but also clothes - mostly jackets and vests. Today, the technique is experiencing a resurgence as a "green", ethical and economical art form. Image via Sources I used to write this post: Sakiori History, Sakiori Weaving, Sakiori Bag.
There are many benefits of spinning yarn with a drop spindle. We will discuss how to use a drop spindle, so if you are brand new, this article is for you!
D.Y. Begay is known internationally as a respected Navajo weaver who incorporates traditional Navajo weaving techniques, materials and philosophy into her extraordinary hand woven tapestries. Usin…
By Jillian MorenoI was thrilled when the folks at Schacht asked me to participate in Schacht’s 50th anniversary fun with a blog post, and even more excited when I learned I’d be spinning a special anniversary colorway dyed by Felicia Lo of SweetGeorgia Yarns.I knew I would love it even before I’d seen it; I’m a longtime fan of Felicia and her saturated approach to color. When I opened the package, it was even better than I expected. Barry’s Jubilee has deep blue and purple, an earthy brown and lots of fades to white lifting the colors a little brighter—it’s gorgeous. The fiber blend is 85% Polwarth / 15% tussah, so there will be some puffing up of the yarn in the finish.I was tasked with spinning the fiber two different ways. Easy, you say. In theory, yes, but I could only pick two!
I love spinning for a project, constructing the handspun yarn I want, and seeing a thing I made grow right before my very eyes.
I suck at andean plying on my hand, it really hurts and I hate it but it is my absolute favorite method of plying once the nightmare of making the bracelet is over. I've tried lots of ways to avoid hurting my fingers like using a size 15 needle held against my hand instead of my finger, using a little DPN... stuff like that never works but using a book and an index card does such a great job! First grab a book, better if it's one that isn't pretty anymore and has been very loved. It won't mess up your pages but it could make the cover get bent. Also get an index card or a popsicle stick, I'm a college student so I have tons of index cards and use one folded up in 3 even sections like this. Step 2: Just stick your index card in the middle of the pages, it's best if you put it near the center of both length and width of the book. Step 3: Put the tail in the middle of the pages so you don't lose it (I'm using already plyed yarn for the demo because I don't have anything that needs plying at the moment) Step 4: Wrap the yarn around the back of the book around the index card Step 5: Loop around the front so that the string crosses in an x on the spine of the book. I wrapped from right to left on the back of the book and right to left on the front of the book, when I bring the yarn to the back of the book I move it over to the right again (I hope that makes sense). Basically, always start your loops on the right which will force the string to cross at the spine. Just keep wrapping like you're doing a normal plying bracelet! Remember that it's the overlapping sections of loop that hold the bracelet together so make sure to pile the loops over each other a lot and don't just build straight up the index card Your final bracelet should look at a lot like this Enjoy not making your fingers turn blue!
