Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving

—Patterns, techniques & more

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October 10, 2026

I’m In Easy Weaving with Little Looms Magazine

The Winter 2026 issue is about weaving with wool! My bookmarks on page 42 each have three braids at the top for making multiple pages. Continue reading

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May 20, 2026

Free Templates for Bookmark Greeting Cards

In addition to 34 projects and 16 finishing techniques, The Bandweaver’s Project Book includes a gallery of more ideas in the back. One of the photos in the gallery shows a handwoven bookmark mounted on a card—a great way to send a greeting with a gift that the recipient can remove and keep. If you… Continue reading

Projects & Ideas

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ABOUT ME

I’m Heather Torgenrud and I’ve been weaving bands ever since my late husband gave me a band loom as a gift in 1972. I’m passionate about every aspect of the craft—from the traditions of the past, to the pleasure of designing with color and pattern, to the rhythm I find in the process of weaving itself. I weave other kinds of textiles on my floor loom, and I love that too. But I feel uniquely connected to bandweaving, where my hands are so intimately involved with making the sheds, picking up the pattern, and forming the interlacement, one weft shot after another. This photo was snapped by my friend, Susan Kolstad, as I lifted up the piece I was weaving, and it captures the delight and satisfaction that is easy to find in this timeless heritage craft.

ABOUT THE SITE

This site was named after my first book, Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving, but that theme is now expanding a little. My new book, Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs, contains 288 new pattern charts and an in-depth look at ways to arrange color in pick-up bands. It illustrates how both pattern and color can be varied creatively while still staying in touch with the essence of this heritage craft. Future posts on this site will include patterns and techniques for warp-faced tabby as well as Baltic-style pick-up. And there will be information that applies to the inkle loom as well as the Scandinavian band heddle. Thanks for visiting!

bookmarks

I’m In Easy Weaving with Little Looms Magazine

Free Templates for Bookmark Greeting Cards