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Weaving

Category: <span>Weaving</span>

Weave your own textiles (or learn about types of looms and weaving) for beginners and beyond. Explore basketry, woven wall art for hanging, tapestry, fabric weaving, macraweaving, bead weaving and wire weaving. Both loom and hand weaving – even finger weaving – have endless creative possibilities on table, backstrap, floor – even DIY – looms!

Featured Weavers

When mathematics professor, writer and brain injury survivor Deb Brandon found weaving, she found her calling. A lover of traditional textiles, Deb incorporates those design elements into her own work....

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Deb Brandon

Spotlight: Deb Brandon, Textile Artist

When mathematics professor, writer and brain injury survivor Deb Brandon found weaving, she found her calling. A lover of traditional textiles, Deb incorporates those design elements into her own work.…
Blue and gold weaving

Spotlight: Lindsey Campbell, Artist and Weaver

Lindsey Campbell has a passion for craft and its transformative power to change lives for the better. She balances teaching weaving to others via online classes, writing instructional and inspiring…
Spinner I

Spotlight: Gabriela Nirino, Textile Artist

Gabriela Nirino is a self-described "textile nerd" who teaches at 3 universities and works in studios in Buenos Aires and Seattle. She is an accomplished weaver who pushes the boundaries…
Weaving by Brecia Logan Kralovic

Spotlight: Brecia Kralovic-Logan, Fiber Artist

An accomplished fiber artist in her own right, Brecia Kralovic-Logan is committed to helping others realize their best creative selves. Her creativity coaching had led her to an "artivist" life,…
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Spotlight: April Jouse, Fiber Artist

April Jouse is a fiber artist and Director of Operations for the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center in New Mexico. Want a reason to visit New Mexico? Then come for…
Front of basket on scooter by Marilyn Carlson

Knee Scooter Basket

I had ankle surgery and one of those knee scooters and needed a way to carry my things around. Since I love to do basketry, I decided why not spend…
Woven Table Runner by SpinWhiz

Woven Table Runner

Linen/flax and bamboo combine in this hand woven table runner made as a wedding gift, adapted from a placemat pattern. The linen was hand spun by the artist.
Another picture of the finished basket

Kentucky Berry Basket

Baskets are fun to make and an attractive storage and organization solution for yarn, fabric scraps, and more.. This pretty berry basket is woven with reed.