Summer and winter weaving

Back in the summertime, I made dishtowels in yellow and rust using a profile draft. As you probably recall, I set the epi way too high and ...

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Everything you need to know to start "Summer and Winter" weaving right away: Threading, Tie-up and treadling for Summer and Winter weaving

I put together a tutorial for the weavingtoday.com crowd to help weavers who were having trouble understanding the weave-along profile draft...

A long time ago, in a lifetime that seems far, far away, I took a beginning 4-shaft weaving class at Shuttles, Spindles and Skeins in Boulder, Colorado. I was smitten with weaving from day one, but even more so after the summer & winter lesson. It appealed to me aesthetically, and the resulting cloth was durable

This piece combines two of my new skills: painting a warp chain with inks made from natural dyes and using a supplementary warp to weave turned summer and winter.

So my plan, about two months ago, was to weave circles in Summer and Winter. I was looking to broaden my circles repertoire. (Turned Taqueté fatigue anyone?) I am a big fan of unit weaves, and I wo…

My study group, Exploring More, is looking at drafting a motif using different weave structures, the first weave structure was Huck Lace and here is the post. The second weave structure we looked at was Summer and Winter and I am going to take you through how I drafted a pattern. First thing is to choose a motif; I am going to use the same angelfish from the Huck Lace. Please just click on the photos and it will make them larger. Looking at the angelfish motif there is vertical symmetry so…