Someone asked a question the other day that I thought warranted a blog post: "What's the difference between tapestry and weaving?"
The simple answer is this: Tapestry is TYPE of weaving.
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Weaving
Summer is almost here and we’re looking forward to sunshine, longer days and weaving in the sunshine on those longer days. To help keep our wonderful community inspired this June, July and August, today we are launching Mirrix’s second Summer Weaving Challenge in collaboration with Shannon from N...
Tension is bad. Except when you're weaving.
In fact, if I had to choose the number one quality I'd want in a loom it would be the ability to easily get good, even and adjustable tension.
I love hearing stories of why people began weaving. For some of us, it's in our blood. We grew up watching our mothers or father or grandparents weaving and before we knew it, we were hoarding yarn and daydreaming of studio space. For others, it was a happy accident: a picture on Instagram, a fri...
Anni Albers, for those of you unfamiliar, was a weaver who was introduced to her medium at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. In 1933 she moved to the United States with her husband after the Bauhaus closed due to the rise of Nazism. In the States, she established a weaving workshop at Black Mountai...
Our Weave-Along 27 project is now available as an ebook download!
This free project will teach you how to warp, weave and finish a textural wall-hanging using simple tapestry techniques and two different types of yarn.