Projects & Ideas
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Weft Patterning on a Warp-Faced Band
Here’s a technique that’s fun to weave and well-suited to both geometric and representational designs. I wove this band in the early 1970s when I was learning pick-up from the Inkles chapter in Mary Meigs Atwater’s Byways in Handweaving. She describes the weave as one of the “Native American, Mexican, Peruvian Weft Pattern Techniques”. I… 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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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
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Bandweaving Belt (Old Post/Revised for Website Redesign)
In the About Me photo, I’m wearing the handwoven wool weaving belt shown above. In this post, you’ll find instructions for this belt and for a quick-and-easy alternative made from cotton webbing. Weaving Belt in Black and White I used wool for comfort and flexibility, and I chose an especially thick, sturdy wool for strength… Continue reading
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving 