WeaveZine: Learn How to Weave: Free Weaving Projects, Podcasts, and More!

44: Joanne Hall

Syne Mitchell — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:57 +0000

Ensemble member Anna Zinsmeister interviews Joanne Hall about swedish looms and draw-loom weaving. And Rose Meacher tells us the story of what the Weaver's Guild of Greater Baltimore is doing to celebrate their 60th anniversary. Read more >> Read more >>

55:29 minutes (50.82 MB)

Cotton Spinning Made Easy (DVD)

Melissa Ludden Hankens — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:11:10 +0000

by Joan Ruane
Copyright 2004, www.cottonspinning.com Read more >>

Down the Garden Path with Rosepath

Laura Fry — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:07:11 +0000

These fingertip towels are woven in plain weave with Rosepath borders. With a four-shaft loom and a little imagination, you can create all kinds of border designs. And with more than four shafts, the designs can be even more elaborate.
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43: Marilyn Robert

Syne Mitchell — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:27:38 +0000

Ensemble member Jennifer Jordan brings us an interview with Marilyn Roberts, a talented fiber artist working with dyeing and surface design. In addition to her art and teaching, Marilyn co-owns the Eugene Textile Center with Suzie Liles.

Audio Recording and Editing: Jennifer Jordan Read more >>

14:53 minutes (13.64 MB)

Yep, I dyed my hair...again

Syne Mitchell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:51:37 +0000

Middle of the night, whole house asleep, and there's me, with a box of hair dye in my hand...again. I'm not sure what it is, a love of color, a desire to experiment, a way to shake myself out Read more >>

42: John Marshall

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:50:22 +0000

WeaveZine is back in the studio! I'm back from hiatus with new ideas for the show. We've got an interview with John Marshall, an expert on Japanese textiles and techniques, and cars play a surprisingly large part in this episode. Read more >> Read more >>

29:24 minutes (26.93 MB)

Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines (three audio CDs)

Nancy Smith Kilkenny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:36:10 +0000

In 2003, Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne began a blog about knitting. Since then, they have become the rock star

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Halloween Dolls

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:28:12 +0000

Halloween is a spooky time of year...

So why not make some cute little companions to keep you (or a little one) company on long, dark nights? Best of all, they won't even eat your candy! Read more >>

Learn to Spin with a Turkish Spindle (Book and DVD)

Astrid Anderson Bear — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:28:17 +0000

Learn to Spin with a Turkish Spindle by Wanda Jenkins, booklet (20 pages) and DVD, available from Jenkins Woodworking&n Read more >>

Future Directions of WeaveZine (and WeaveCast)

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:30:37 +0000

WeaveZine and WeaveCast are at a pivotal point in their growth. There are a lot of opportunites ahead, but they lie in different directions.

I've been wrestling for months about which way to go. Usually when I have a hard time making a decision, it's because I don't have enough information. You know who has the information I need? It's you!

I've set up a survey that will give you some insight into the various options I'm considering for the site (for example: paid subscriptions, publishing monographs and DVDs, etc.) You'll get insight into what the future of WeaveZine might hold, and I'll find out what you want from the site.

<< Take the Online Survey >>

Changes are afoot! If you'd like to have a say in how things go, please take the few minutes it'll take to fill out the survey. It'll help me make the right decisions.
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Weaving on TV

Syne Mitchell — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:06:08 +0000

My friend Kate Jantz-Koprivnik is producing a series of television programs on weaving, spinning, and other fun fiber-related topics. She's an independent producer, and her shows will initial Read more >>

Weaving Words

Lillian Whipple — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:14:48 +0000

Once you're woven images it isn't difficult to weave letters.

In my previous article Designing for Summer and Winter and Taqueté, the warp was threaded in a point profile. For letters, the warp needs to be threaded in a straight profile. Read more >>

Beading on the Edge

Ruth MacGregor — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:44:17 +0000

It's no secret—I have a passion for weaving narrow bands on a small rigid heddle. But like most rigid-heddle weavers, I sometimes yearn to make my plain weave a little less "plain".

On a whim one rainy afternoon, I combined some beads with a selvedge technique borrowed from shaft-loom weaving, and presto: a fun and easy way to make a simple band, simply stunning! Read more >>

Glorious Hairball

Syne Mitchell — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:55:48 +0000

So last blog post I said that plying all my little yarn turtles together into a 2-ply lace weight was either going to be glorious or a total hairball. As it turned out: both, actually. Read more >>

Yarn Turtles

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:57:49 +0000

When I was at Sock Summit this summer, I picked up a Jenkins Turkish spindle and 2 oz of a delicious b Read more >>

OWG and Shipwreck Beads

Syne Mitchell — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:34:07 +0000

Yesterday I gave a talk on “Online Selling” to the Olympia Weaver’s Guild. What a great group of women! I got to sit through their show-and-tell before the talk and fo Read more >>

Backstrap Basics

Laverne Waddington — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:24:49 +0000

Basic, crude, primitive—these are all words that spring to mind when one thinks of the humble backstrap loom—a description that obscures the fact that some of history's most beautiful and complex textiles have been woven on this simple arrangement of sticks. Read more >>

Double-Heddle Bookmarks

Syne Mitchell — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:29:35 +0000

I love weaving bookmarks; they're small, make great gifts, and are a delightful palette for trying out new designs.

I wanted to weave bookmarks on a rigid-heddle loom, so my project would be portable. But the finest heddle I could find was 12 ends per inch, and I didn't want a bulky bookmark. What's a weaver to do? Read more >>

A Day of Women

Syne Mitchell — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:27:34 +0000

Most days I stay home and work on WeaveZine, or the house, or my weaving. The only people I see day-to-day tend to be men: my husband and son. This past Friday, however, was filled with Read more >>

Flowing Curves: Network Drafted Twill

Bonnie Inouye — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:17:04 +0000

My previous curves article explained how to create smooth and flowing curves using the overshot weave structure. In this second installment, we look at designing curves in the treadling using network-drafted twills. Read more >>

Color Gamps

Michele Belson and Katzy Luhring — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:09:00 +0000

by Michele Belson and Katzy Luhring

One of the joys of weaving is how color interacts in the cloth. When weft crosses the warp, it changes the apparent color of the warp, sometimes quite dramatically.

This interaction is a result of the warp and weft alternating between being on top of the fabric and below it. This creates tiny dots and dashes of color that act like pixels on a computer screen, optically mixing in the viewer's eye to create a new color. The resulting color can either be delightful, or...not.

Enter the color gamp, a tool for test-driving color combinations and a weaver's best friend when planning beautiful, colorful, projects. Read more >>

Weaving Wire: Disco Bag

Inga Marie Carmel — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:05:01 +0000

"What are you doing, making window screens?" My visiting friend was eyeing my little Emilia rigid-heddle loom. I was weaving 22-gauge copper wire I had picked up at the hardware store. Read more >>

The Big Sock Summit Report

Syne Mitchell — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:51:01 +0000

Sock Summit was the brainchild of Tina Newton, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read more >>

Spa Wash Cloth on a Rigid-Heddle Loom

Syne Mitchell — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:49:56 +0000

As I've said in earlier articles, I'm a sucker for interesting yarn. So I wasn't able to resist when I ran across two handspun yarns from Nepal.

One was hemp, and the other aloo (nettle.) Both were singles yarn, naturally colored, and with a rough, rustic, texture.

My plan was to weave spa-style organic, exfoliating wash cloths and give them as gifts with a bar of artisan soap. Hemp, being naturally antibacterial and moisture resistant, is perfect for bath linens, and aloo smells great and is good for buffing skin. Read more >>

Sock Summit Day One

Syne Mitchell — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:08:11 +0000

Yep. I'm still a weaver. But a weaver who wants to know how to knit truly fine socks. Read more >>