As mentioned in my previous posts, I am attending the Vävstuga Immersion program, where I get to spend all my time weaving for 15 weeks (yes, it is amazing!). This was the first project we did using wool, which I was super excited about. For this project, we started our design process using paint. As… Read More The Coziest Blanket
In a previous post, I talked about attending the immersion program at Vävstuga Weaving School. I also showed my first project, towels. Our second project was 4 meters of plain weave yardage. To design our yardage, we first played with stripe proportion. Then we filled our stripes in with 2 colors, 3 colors, and 4+… Read More Weaving Yardage
I am spending this fall at Vavstuga Weaving School in Massachusetts with four other students. We are staying in a farmhouse, and I had to include a few pics of the property, because it is a truly gorgeous place. I am learning from an amazing teacher, Becky Ashenden, who learned to weave in Sweden. Although… Read More What I Learned My First Week at Weaving School