A while back I was teaching a tapestry and bead weaving class at The Art Institute of New Hampshire. I remember one woman complaining a lot about her arthritic hands and I worked with her to try to find a way to use her hands effectively and with as little pain as possible. There were things she...
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If you've never woven before, never woven on a Mirrix loom before or have never woven a large piece before, it's normal to feel a little bit intimidated. Where you do you start? What project do you choose? What if you make a mistake? Here are five tips to help you get started!
A few weeks ago, Claudia and I settled in next to each other, crossed our fingers that my foster dog wouldn't bark and chatted with Sarah Resnick over at Gist Yarn and Fiber for episode four of her new podcast, Weave.
On the episode we talk about looms, weaving, tapestry, being women in the worl...
By Lloyd Pollack
I have been physically weaving on and off, in and out, for close to fifty years. In my head, I have always been a weaver. My interest started as many things do, by lucky accident, as my marriage was just starting the early 1970s. My wife decided to take a YMCA tapestry weaving c...
I have a basket where all my yarn scraps go. In it is everything from silk to wool; hand-dyed, hand-spun, commercial; every color of the rainbow. The pile just keeps getting bigger because I never know what to do with scraps.
I am sure many of you have the same problem, and so today we are launc...
Weaving a piece with hand-painted silk ribbon on a Mirrix loom.