Category: weaving

  • Island Weaver

    Island Weaver

    Do you have someplace that you consider your heart-home? A destination or a community or even a region, that isn’t where you live your day-to-day life, isn’t even necessarily someplace you’ve ever actually lived long term, but is nonetheless “home”? I’ve got a few of those places; Camp Celo is one (where I spent my…

  • Woven Connections

    Woven Connections

    This week I’m *finally* going to share with you the finished product from the project I featured in my very first post on this blog. It seems like just yesterday that I joined the Lucy Quarrier Weavers and started learning how to warp my loom for the first time! Now, almost two years later, I’ve…

  • Warping the Loom (part 2 of 2)

    There’s a saying in weaving that by the time you actually start weaving you’re half finished with the project. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but honestly not by much. Threading the heddles and reed is especially time consuming, and each step of today’s tutorial took me a whole afternoon of work! And that’s it!…

  • Warping the Loom (part 1 of 2)

    Warping the Loom (part 1 of 2)

    Before I started weaving I really had no idea what goes into the process of using a loom. Wikipedia defines weaving as “a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth”. I understood the basic mechanics of the weaving process itself as taking that second distinct…

  • L’shana haba’ah b’yachad

    L’shana haba’ah b’yachad

    “And Miriam was a weaver of unique variety The tapestry she wove was one which sang our history With every strand and every thread she crafted her delight A woman touched with spirit, she dances toward the light” -Debbie Friedman, Miriam’s song I’ve always wanted to have a fancy ceremonial matzoh cover and afikomen wrap…

  • Meet the LQW

    Meet the LQW

    Of all the mediums I’ve ever used weaving just might be my favorite, but it also has the most barriers to entry. It requires so many tools that are expensive, bulky, and complicated to use. I’ve joked with my wife that I’ll feel like we’ve “made it” in life when I can afford to own…