Cedar Bark Weaving – Anna Billy As part of the Gibsons Landing Fibre Festival, held during the week of August 13 – 19, 2001, Anna Billy taught a class in traditional cedar […]
Cedar Bark Weaving
Pickup Patterns on a Band Loom
BAND LOOM PICKUP I recently purchased a Glimakra 2 shaft band loom so that I can weave narrow bands more easily. I have been experimenting with how to also weave pickup patterns […]
A Badly Neglected Indigo Vat
A Badly Neglected Indigo Vat Well with all my great intentions to keep this going, Life got in the way and I didn’t. So now comes the challenge of getting this going […]
Indigo Historical Dye Recipes
INDIGO HISTORICAL DYE RECIPES How To Dye With Woad & Indigo – Historical Dye RecipesIndigo Fermentation Vat (With Bran & Washing Soda) German Vat. […] Having filled the copper with water, we […]
Indigo Madder Bran Vat – Week 9
INDIGO MADDER BRAN VAT – WEEK 9 Indigo Madder/Bran Vat – Week 9 Post Views: 1
Sparto Retting
Sparto Retting I had collected about 400 grams of Sparto stalks, so I placed these into a large bucket of sea water. The stalks are quite long so I had to fold […]
Sparto Weavers Spanish Broom
SPARTO – WEAVERS/SPANISH BROOM Sparto (Sparta) Spartium junceum also called Spanish Broom or Weavers Broom is an almost forgotten textile plant that is native to Mediterranean countries. Spanish Broom was introduced to […]
Flokati Rug Sample
HANDWEAVING – FLOKATI RUG SAMPLE Flokati Rug SampleI had about a meter left of wool warp on my loom after I wove a number of handspun blankets, so I thought I would […]
Greek Flokati Rugs
GREEK FLOKATI RUGS A few years ago on a wonderful holiday to Corfu, Greece I purchased a beautiful sample of a Greek Flokati rug. It had been woven by my friend, Agathi […]
Weavers of Albania
Weavers of Albania For many years now, we often go to the island of Corfu for a few weeks in the fall. As we sit in the evenings on our balcony, we […]
