Hints, Tips & Techniques
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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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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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Pick-up Trim for Woven Bag (Old Post/Revised for Website Redesign)
Here I’ve used a pick-up band to trim a wool bag that I wove on a rigid heddle loom and then fulled. The band does double duty—first by encasing the raw edge of the top of the bag, which was folded to the outside, and second by providing a decorative finish and focal point for Continue reading
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Loop Handles for Pouches (Old Post/Revised for Website Redesign)
Pick-up bands make great trim for wool bags or pouches. I’ve designed these so that the trim extends in a loop at the top on each side, forming an easy and elegant closure and handle at the same time. The pouches themselves are knitted-and-fulled (felted). The size (about 10″ wide and 7″ high) is just Continue reading
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving 