by StaceyW | Nov 3, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
I said last week that I would show you something similar to the combined single and double cloth, but with floats. Because of the floats, the cloth is now a single layer. Using the same design, but turning the ‘blocks’ on the second layer into plain...
by StaceyW | Sep 1, 2010 | Teaching, Weaving
Overshot is wonderful for creating texture. The secret is to have all the floats on one side only. Where the floats are not floating, they need to be woven into the fabric. Bonnie Inouye first taught me this during the online workshop Wendy Morris and I did with...
by StaceyW | Aug 25, 2010 | Teaching, Weaving
This versatile float-based weave has lots of different uses. More often used for tea-towels for its ultra-absorbency, and blankets for its warmth-trapping cells, it can also be used effectively for scarves and for texture. Moreover it’s a fun structure! Using...
