Category: double weave

  • Staying Flexible

    Staying Flexible

      I cut the last warp off over the weekend and starting prepping the next one.  I have about 1/4 of the warp threaded, and hope to finish that today and to commence weaving tomorrow. As I worked with the Swedish Snowflake design some things bothered me about the draft.  Since I had to ‘shorten’…

  • Staying Flexible

    Staying Flexible

      I cut the last warp off over the weekend and starting prepping the next one.  I have about 1/4 of the warp threaded, and hope to finish that today and to commence weaving tomorrow. As I worked with the Swedish Snowflake design some things bothered me about the draft.  Since I had to ‘shorten’…

  • Staying Flexible

    Staying Flexible

      I cut the last warp off over the weekend and starting prepping the next one.  I have about 1/4 of the warp threaded, and hope to finish that today and to commence weaving tomorrow. As I worked with the Swedish Snowflake design some things bothered me about the draft.  Since I had to ‘shorten’…

  • Challenges

    Challenges

    One of the challenges in the Olds curriculum is that of weaving double weave, both double wide and double width. The top sample was woven by one of my students, the lower one by me. The fold in each of these textiles is visible in the photo.  Well, that’s the point.  It isn’t visible.  One…