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Update on Swedish Pattern Booklet
This booklet has been out of print for a while, but I’m happy to announce that a second printing is now available, exclusively at the Vesterheim Museum Store. https://store.vesterheim.org/products/swedish-pick-up-patterns-by-heather-torgenrud?_pos=1&_sid=6bfc8f1a6&_ss=r If you prefer a pdf format instead, please contact me. I’ll send you an invoice for $10 and email the pdf to you. Thanks to Joanne… Continue reading
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The Bandweaver’s Project Book Coming Soon!
Thirty-Four Stylish and Practical Designs + Clever Finishing Techniques The Bandweaver’s Project Book is scheduled to go on sale June 28, 2026 in the U.S. and Canada and August 28, 2026 internationally! See the Contents and sample pages, and pre-order if you wish, at the sites listed at the end of this post. This is… Continue reading
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Norwegian Bandweaving Presentation on YouTube
The Norwegian Bandweaving presentation that I did for Vesterheim in September, 2025, is now on YouTube. You can watch it here. See how to tell the difference between the two traditional pick-up weaves and at the many ways these beautiful bands were used in the farm society in the 1800s—from apron bands and hairbands to… Continue reading
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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
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving 