Hi friends! Today on our weave along, we’re going to embroider some shapes (find all the weave along posts here). Have you thought of embroidering on your weaves? Weaving sets up a really great base for embroidery, so I thought it would be fun to try it out on our weave along. I especially like how I can count the vertical and horizontal lines of my weave, much like cross-stitching. Continue Reading
How do you keep your weave’s sides straight? How do I stop my weave sides from pulling in? I get these questions all the time and they are the question that everyone struggles with. This issue has to do with the amount of tension you’re weaving with & it is an issue for pretty much everyone who’s starting to weave. In fact, it also affects those who have been weaving for a while. I still have to stay conscious about my weaving tension and making sure that my sides aren’t pulling in. Luckily with time it gets easier to keep your weave sides straight. Continue Reading
Building on our weave, I wanted to continue with adding solid lines (Find all the Weave Along posts here). I’m weaving with a really fine lace-weight wool, so when I do the plain weave, it doesn’t have much presence on the warp threads. I think this is good, because it adds to the lacy feel, but I wanted to make some “stitches” with more presence with this next step. I’m switching back to my natural colored cotton warp thread to weave my weft. The cotton has more weight to it then the wool, so it will show up better, but you can continue using whatever weft thread you have been using. Continue Reading
I love weaving (no surprise there), but weaving quicker helps me get my ideas out better. When a weave takes too long or is too frustrating, I start to lose my love for that project and my brain starts to day-dream about the next weave I’ll make. This is never good, because then I end up with an unfinished weave taking up space on my loom. Continue Reading
This week in our weave along, I wanted to add some solid lines to give the weave a little more weight. (Find all Weave Along Posts here). The key lesson in this post is how to weave multiple rows with two different colored weft threads. We’ll weave some rows with our white thread and then weaving in some rows with a peach thread (or whatever your second color is) and then weave that white thread back in. So you’ll be able to see how we can switch between different warp threads and keep it continuous without having to cut and tuck the ends in later. Continue Reading
If you’ve been reading the blog for a while you know I’ve covered a lot of different weaving techniques. Today I wanted to point out some of the techniques that are really great and could come in handy at some point in your weaving. Some techniques can help you add to your weaves when you think you’re stuck, and others are different ways to weave that can help you grow your skills. They might even give you an idea for a new weave. These are techniques that you may have missed: Continue Reading
New to the Weave Along? This is a set of posts that help you learn to weave step-by-step! Find all the Weave Along Steps here.
Hello friends, time for part 4 of our weave along. Today we’re adding some delicate flowering details and then closing our shape with more twinning. Continue Reading
My goal for this blog is to share my knowledge about weaving. It’s an art form that I love so much and when I first wanted to try weaving there weren’t too many resources on it. So as I researched and tried new things I took the time to document what I was doing with step-by-step pictures and instructions. I’m always really excited when someone tells me they were able to learn to weave from my blog, it makes all the time and work I put into it worth it! Continue Reading
New to the Weave Along? This is a set of posts that help you learn to weave step-by-step! Find all the Weave Along Steps here.
Next in our weave along we’re going to add a twining example of triangles (yes it was a terrible pun, but when a terrible pun comes unexpectedly into your life you just have to share it). Continue Reading
Wow! I can’t tell you how excited I am that others are excited about this Weave Along. I did get a few questions, so I wanted to share the answers for everyone incase someone else had the same question. Continue Reading