Weaving textiles

Weaving denim in process; Radha Weaver left the apparel industry and started her first quilt with fabric from her stash. Inspired by transformation, she creates art with upcycled textiles.

Join us in the studio for our Creative Weaving Sessions where beginners can try hand-weaving for the first time or more experienced weavers can test out new yarns and warp set ups without having to go through the time and expense of dressing the loom! Skill Level: Beginner - Advanced What will I learn? These new weaving sessions are a rare opportunity for anyone to discover or develop their weaving style. With 4 table looms dressed and ready for weaving, anyone with the interest to explore…

Do you love texture? Do you have stash full of single skein yarns in your favourite colours? How about a varident reed and no idea how to use it? This is the perfect project. Get out your stash and weave it into a spectacular, cozy, unique saori-style wrap. This pattern will walk you through every step of using your varident reed. I’ve given all the information for the yarns and colours in the pictured scarf, but a companion blog will help you with colours and yarn substitutions if needed…

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These have evolved from my love of painting and weaving, in an effort to create a different kind of tapestry. They are painted on paper and other surfaces and woven with strips cut from the...

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Weaving handspun yarn on a rigid heddle loom.

Images via Koron007 Centuries ago, fabric was a rare and precious commodity only the wealthy could afford. So people treasured old and worn-out pieces of clothing to recycle and reuse in order to make new clothes. Thus the sakiori was born. Sakiori comes from the word "saki" which means to tear up or rip and "ori" which means weave. Recycling old fabric remnants into sakiori weavings follows the Japanese indispensable concept of “mottainai” or not wasting precious cloth that can prolong the…

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To create their intricately beautiful array of fabrics, A Rum Fellow’s cofounders, husband-and-wife Dylan O’Shea and Caroline Lindsell, draw on centuries-old techniques found in Guatemala. “It’s a nation that lives and breathes textiles,” says O’Shea. There, family-run weavers produce the London-based studio’s brightly colored brocades and fabrics, which debut in the U.S. this summer with