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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

Mariana Murabito weavings

Spotlight: Mariana Murabito, Textile Artist

In her journey from web and graphic design to weaving, Mariana Murabito discovered the joy of creating images by hand with warp and weft on the island of Mallorca. She...

Woven macrame wall hanging

Spotlight: Chantel Conlon, Mixed Fiber Macramé Artist

Mixed fiber macramé artist Chantel Conlon is most prolific when her creativity is tied up in knots. Using traditional techniques combined with patterns of her own design along with unconventional...

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....

More Weaving

Blue and white potholder woven by Kate Kilmurray

Spotlight: Kate Kilmurray, Fiber Artist

For Kate Kilmurray, handweaving is a form of embodied meditation. Weaving is part of her daily practice. Kate teaches workshops and leads an online community, Weaving Way Community. Kate, tell…
Jim's Raku Pottery with Linda's Twill Weave

Spotlight: Linda Lutomski, Fiber Artist

Linda Lutomski received her BFA in printmaking and clay, discovered fiber arts, and never looked back. She and her husband are both artists and often collaborate on projects together. Playing…
Potholder using Andrea pattern by Deborah Jean Cohen

Spotlight: Deborah Jean Cohen, Weaver

During the pandemic, Deborah Jean Cohen joined two groups on Facebook, a Nyingma dharma group who practiced the Longchen Nyingtik Guru Yoga together, and a potholder weaving group on Facebook. The…
Four plant macrame holders on a rod by Casey Alberti

Spotlight: Casey Alberti, Macramé Artist

Casey Alberti was looking for a fun girl's night craft and discovered macramé. She creates unique projects inspired by her customers and enjoys choosing the colors for each project. With…
Woven and embroidered country home with sheep by Samantha Montella

Spotlight: Samantha Montella, Fiber Artist

Samantha Montella is a self-taught fiber artist who creates shaped weaving with embroidery and needle felting. She specializes in home portraits that are inspired by books, fairy tales and fantasy…
Alice in Wonderland Book fiber art by Lindsay Hawes

Spotlight: Lindsay Hawes, Fiber Artist

Lindsay Hawes is the creative mind behind Linden Acres. Look closely, she combines a variety of fiber art techniques to create original work that encourages the viewer to come closer…
Fall colors of threads by Sarah Resnick

Spotlight: Sarah Resnick, Founder of Gist Yarn and Zollie

Follow along with us as we learn about how Sarah Resnick went from a community organizer to founder of two companies. She recently launched Zollie, creating kits to teach people…
Out of My Comfort zone by Anne Bowers

Spotlight: Anne Bowers, Basket Artist

Anne Bowers went to a one-day basket making class and was hooked! Her signature is ribbed baskets. She adapts the basic structures to create modern baskets with the use of…
Wired weaving by Ellen Ramsey

Spotlight: Ellen Ramsey, Contemporary Tapestry Artist

Ellen Ramsey finds inspiration for her work in technology. She studied art history and worked in museums before becoming a contemporary tapestry artist. Photo credit: Jean Kercheval, Kercheval Photography How…

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