Category: Video Tutorials
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Weaving on the 24 Shaft Toika
I LOVE my new Toika loom. The ‘lack of’ pedal action is amazing. Here is a video of me weaving a few picks on my bamboo shawl. It’s already off the loom and being finished. The only mistake I made due to lack of restraint is that I washed my shawl before finishing off the…
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Bhutanese Textiles ~ Up Close and Personal
Getting up close with the textiles from Bhutan is extraordinary. I can hardly see the weave with a gigantic magnifier so I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to actually weave it! The weavers are often in dimly lit rooms too. This type of weave is used in making the Kira – the womens’ national dress. The…
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Clasped Weft Weaving for Great Designs
Here is what you can achieve with Clasped Weft. It’s an easy technique for making angled patterns and only requires two shafts. These visual instructions use two colours (green and blue).The green weft is wound onto a bobbin on a shuttle and the blue weft is drawn up from the floor underneath the loom..…