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Pick-Up Pattern from Nordfjord in Norway
Pick-up sample. After suspenders, NFM.1979-04131, Nordfjord Folkemuseum. In preparing to present a webinar for Vesterheim on Norwegian bandweaving, September 21, 2025, I was intrigued with the pattern in a pair of suspenders from the Nordfjord region of Norway that I’d chosen to illustrate my talk. So I charted the pattern from the photograph and wove Continue reading
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Book Reviews for Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs
Thank you to Annie MacHale (https://aspinnerweaver.blogspot.com/) and to Mary Skoy, of the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, for reviewing my second book. Annie’s review appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Little Looms magazine. Little Looms is a great resource for bandweavers, and this Fall issue includes some great inkle projects, as well as a fascinating Continue reading
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42 More Charts for 7 Pattern Ends
Note: Most phone and tablet browsers won’t display a preview of these PDFs. Click the Download button for each if you want to print them. Here are seven pdfs, each with six charts for seven pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. Mix and match any of them in the same band, or combine them with the Continue reading
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24 Pick-up Bandweaving Charts for 7 Pattern Ends
Hello Weavers! My new book, Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs, is officially being released today, July 28, 2024, one month earlier than originally scheduled! In this post I’m sharing 24 charts for seven pattern ends. The samples above were woven from four of these charts in two different arrangements of magenta and teal green. I like how Continue reading
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Charts from an Orsa Apron Band
Update July, 2025: This booklet is unfortunately out of print. Contact me if you wish to purchase a pdf copy. Weavers had previously been buying this booklet directly from me, but I’m happy to announce that it will now be sold through Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum & Folk Art School, both at the museum Continue reading
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The Bandweaver’s Neckpiece
Hello Bandweavers! I recently wore one of my little band heddle neckpieces to a weavers’ guild meeting where it got a lot of attention, so I wanted to share a few of them with you. I begin with a small band heddle. I bought the square one pictured below from Sätergläntan in Sweden. The shaped Continue reading
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Bandweaving Tips—The Five Cs
Happy Spring! Here’s a band I wove in daffodil colors in warp-faced tabby. The Cascade Ultra Pima Fine yarn gives it a soft, flexible hand. In this post, I’m sharing some tips that I give to new bandweavers for getting good results. I call these tips the Five Cs, and they are all about how Continue reading
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A Hand-Carved Band Heddle
Hello Bandweavers! My Weaving Posse gave me this sweet little heddle, which was hand carved by Kerstin Neumüller from Sweden. I love its character and the way the maker’s hand shows in the little details. It’s charming, and it’s perfect for weaving the narrow pick-up patterns we’ve been looking at in my last two posts. Continue reading
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Narrow Pick-Up Bandweaving Patterns–Three Approaches
Narrow patterns are fun to weave. In the last post, I provided 24 charts for five pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. In this post, I’ll show you three examples of how narrow patterns might be used in a band: by threading two identical pattern sections, by combining different motifs, and by simply repeating one pattern Continue reading
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24 Pick-up Bandweaving Charts for 5 Pattern Ends
The charts in my book, Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs (due out in August, 2024) are all for 13 pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. But if you’re a newly-minted pick-up weaver, weaving bands with fewer pattern ends is a great way to practice. And narrow ribbons are fun to weave—no matter your level of expertise. Below, you’ll Continue reading
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving 