Hand woven textiles

This special textile is a Manta Alentejana, a traditional blanket from the Alentejo region of Portugal with a heritage reaching back over a century. Made from the wool of local merino sheep and hand woven on a manual wooden loom, this textile has an intricate premium weave for great durability. The traditional Espinhada pattern was given a new colour combination by Margarida Adónis.

What do you do if you want to weave a project wider than your loom? You can use doubleweave, or a unique technique from Sara Bixler. Learn more here!

One of our favorite ways to finish hand woven fabric is with a hemstitch. It’s…

Three basic factors affect drape: yarn/fiber, weave structure, and warp/weft density. How can you design fabric with the drape you want?

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Looking so psychedelic… this is overshot “woven on opposites”. I’m using the aqua for my main colour and orange for the accent colour. It beats more closely because there is no tabby to provide the base structure and looks more weft-faced. The treadling rhythm doesn’t feel as convenient as alternating two feet for pattern-tabby-pattern-tabby, but ...

It's time for another episode of the School of Weaving that builds on everything we've learned about Huck. Swedish Lace is Huck's cousin. They live on the same side of Lace Street. Swedish Lace units are the same as Huck's but in Swedish Lace we are allowed to repeat those units as many times as we want. Ms. Swedish Lace is a little more lenient :) When we understand how this works, it means we can use Swedish Lace and Huck in one piece....as you will see in our show and tell…

Save *This post contains affiliate links I won’t tell you how long these towels have been sitting on my creative table waiting to be hemmed. What is it with final techniques and me? I go to all that trouble to weave something beautiful and then let it sit there for who knows how long before...Read More

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I finally got back to my loom the other day. I managed to knock out just under a metre of this clasped weft with a diamond twill pattern. My goal is to get three metres of this, then do another three metres of white on white. Then, if it all goes to plan, I will…

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Weaving A Tale on Instagram: “I love clasped weft!!😍 It's been a while since I've woven a clasped weft piece, but every time I see one it reminds me that the look of it…”

Simple and Complex Patterns on the rigid heddle loom

Kabyle woman weaving a rug, 1973.