patterns
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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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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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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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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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A Hand-Carved Band Heddle
Hello Bandweavers! My Weaving Posse gave me this sweet little heddle, which was hand carved by Kerstin Neumüller from Sweden. I love its character and the way the maker’s hand shows in the little details. It’s charming, and it’s perfect for weaving the narrow pick-up patterns we’ve been looking at in my last two posts.… Continue reading
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24 Pick-up Bandweaving Charts for 5 Pattern Ends
The charts in my book, Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs (due out in August, 2024) are all for 13 pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. But if you’re a newly-minted pick-up weaver, weaving bands with fewer pattern ends is a great way to practice. And narrow ribbons are fun to weave—no matter your level of expertise. Below, you’ll… Continue reading
