Do you have a cluster of books in your collection that are just too precious to part with?
Some of them old as the hills and others more recently acquired treasures?
I think everyone does.
Recently, a friend asked me about weaving books.
If I had just a handful of weaving books in my studio, which ones would they be?
Great question.  A handful… hmmm… five fingers on a hand, so five favorite weaving books…..
I could cheat and list the ones I have written, but I think that she was asking me for five books ~AS WELL AS~ the books I have written
I …read more

Woven cloth tapes, ribbons and narrow bands are so common and so easy to get that we don’t even think about them.                                      It hasn’t always been that way, though.
For centuries, tapes and ribbons were essential for so many reasons:
They were used for a lot more things than they are now-
Woven tapes were essential to hold clothing up, hold clothing together, hold shoes onto feet,as well as being used around the house and workshop in a miriad of other ways.
Fancier woven tapes and ribbons were used to trim and embellish all kinds of textiles, from clothing and fashion accessories to curtain …read more

The potholder loom is a wonderful little loom. It’s portable, cheap and cheerful, and TOTALLY under-appreciated!
Well… I LOVE it, and design lots of fun and neat things with it.
BUT… you have got to forget about those looper things…. ugh.
Yarn is good.
Yarn is everywhere! It’s got color, texture,
and is a pleasure to work with on the potholder loom.
Everyone thinks that you can only weave squares on  the potholder loom.
Not so! I have figured out  how to weave a triangle on the potholder loom,  and have just made a video that shows how I weave triangles.
I love ‘multi-tasking’ with my tools, so …read more