Category: Weaving
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Changing background.
I loved this color combination of blue, red and yellow in Mora garn (a swedish, quite thin, weaving wool yarn). However, when I started weaving I was a bit disapointed how it turned out. The blue and red transformed to purple when viewing it from a distance. So I decided to inverse the motiv color…
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Blue and purple
I really like the combination of blue and purple, but I feel that it is too “girly” somehow. Now I have finished a belt in blue and a quite pinkish purple. I do love these colors, but I still feel that I should weave with more grown up colors next time. Well, here is my…
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That dreaded pebble weave…
I really love pebble weave and I really hate pebble weave (or 2-hole weaving). I love the simplicity of the 2 colors and the little contrasting dots. But anyone who has tried it knows the problem with the cards going all over the place. My solution is to support them on a piece a card…
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Automn belt and Merry Christmas!
I got inspired this autumn when we went to the swiss mountains. It was October and the colors where just splendid. So when I got home I gathered the colors from the trees I had seen and decided to weave a belt with this combination soon. Well, it’s done. It is not my favourite, but…
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Autumn inspiration
I finished off this last belt in record time. Only one week from set-up to completion. I drafted alot of new designs these last months and now I got the chance to try some of them. In addition to the moose and birds, I am quite fond of my pack of dogs, with 3 puppies…
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Sneak preview…
I started a new belt, and this time I really love how the colors come together. I am also trying some new designs of animals, real or imaginary. I am happy to present you my elk/moose couple! I am still quite fond of various leaves and how they can be combined with swirles and other…
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New page with yarns and looms.
I created a new page called Resources There I added some tips on yarns and books that I like (I live in Switzerland, so mainly from Europe). I also added some photos and comments of the looms I use. I have made my favorite loom myself and I am not exactly the handy type with…
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Automn weave…
I have finished my Sulawesi belt with 16 motif tablets that I wrote about a few weeks ago. I am quite happy with the result. The automn colors go well with the trees outside my window and I like feeling of the wool. I even got a chance to try it on during a medieval…
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A new 16 tablet weave on the loom.
I have started a new weave with 16 design tablets (+6 border tablets). It feels really easy going to handle 16 tablets after the 32 on my last weave. I also really enjoy the yarn (Holst Garn, 100% wool), which I haven’t tried before. It has a rustic feeling and is quite strong. Above all,…
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“Creatures in squares” meet grapewines…
I completed my new Sulawesi belt in 32 motif cards (16 pairs), where I combine motifs from my “Creatures in Squares” series with motifs based on plants (grapewines, fruits, flowers on branches, etc). The red and the green are wool (regular knitting yarn, 100% wool) and the yellow is a mix of wool and silk.…