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Book Review: In Celebration of Plain Weave
Designing plain weave bands is such a fun way to play with color and pattern. And when I finished the Bandweaver’s Project Book, I wanted to write a post about that. I knew that many weavers would want to come up with their own color arrangements for the projects but some would be hesitant to… Continue reading
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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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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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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
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving 