Season 10, Episode 4: Using her hands, fine threads, and simple tools, Laverne Waddington uses backstrap looms to explore a world of weaving techniques and traditions.
Season 10, Episode 1: Drawing from her deep roots in the Southern Appalachian region, tapestry artist and teacher Tommye McClure Scanlin explores the extraordinary beauty revealed in a closer look.
Season 9, Episode 4: With more than a thousand guitar straps and two books under her belt, Annie MacHale has found no end to her fascination with bandweaving.
Anne wanted to weave with a yak/silk blend in the warp, but was worried about the damage the heddle might do to the fuzzy yarn. Instead of giving up, she applied sizing, a temporary coating designed to protect yarns while weaving.
What's as easy as plain weave but makes intriguing patterns? An inkle weaving technique known as turned krokbragd.
Season 7, Episode 3: With her playful approach to life and textiles, Sarah Swett discovers her passions for nature and fiber, time and again.
Season 8, Episode 4: From her self-taught origins as a textile artist, Sarah Neubert is helping weavers do better—in their weavings, their use of resources, and their well-being.
Season 6, Episode 6: Admiring the traditional bandweaving of her native Sweden, Kerstin Neumüller took her love of weaving a step further and learned to carve small, sweet rigid heddles.
Season 6, Episode 2: In 2016, Emily Nicolaides began exploring the possibilities and limitations of circular weaving. Combining years of research, her book Amazing Circular Weaving opens up a new world of richness, beauty, and complexity.
I became a much happier rigid-heddle weaver when I borrowed a tool from floor loom weavers: a boat shuttle and bobbin. Here's how to wind one well.
