During the chilly winter months, many people find comfort with fiber arts. Whether knitting, crocheting or weaving, yarn is a hot commodity this time of year. For some locals, using the yarn isn’t ...
My friend Bonnie is a professional weaver. I know she’s a pro, not only because it says so on her labels, but when I watched her weaving at her traditional Swedish loom, I was taken by her focus and ...
Nancy Peck has been a weaving instructor for nearly 40 years. She started in 1976, after graduating from Michigan State University as a textile major, and later shared her skills at workshops in ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Yarn bombing, it’s not a term you hear everyday and certainly not something you see every day. Covering trees, benches or just about anything, in colorful yarn. One of the ...
A loom has been set up in the library’s lobby, and anyone is welcome to stop in and add their own line of yarn to the collaborative art piece.
way of translation: Warp is the set of lengthwise yarns held in tension on the loom. Weft is the yarn that is inserted crosswise over-and-under the warp threads. "Fulling" is - well, you just have to ...
That's not how knitters find their way to some of the best yarn stores in Southern California; rather, a map is used or perhaps a friend who is also yarn-obsessed will give helpful directions from the ...
Athang Gewog in Wangdue Phodrang is historically known as the birthplace of Adha Mathra and Adha Rachu, woven from nettle ...