Last Saturday, I finally tried something that I've been curious about: pin weaving!
me
- Ann Haritatos
- McPherson, Kansas, United States
- I'm a weaver who can't get enough of colors, textures, and intersections. I weave with mostly cotton, wool, silk, linen, and anything with great texture. Fascinated by Saori-style weaving!! And, I confess, I really like things small and simple.
My life in progress...
I'm giving it a shot in 2012–my daily tree!
http://a-tree-a-day.blogspot.com/
4 comments:
This reminds me of bobbin lace - have you tried it? You'd probably love it!
Wowowooooo gorgeous! Where can I find instructions?
Hi, I have not tried bobbin lace but really admire it. The pin weaving idea I saw in Belle Armoire magazine and several years ago. I think it probably had some instructions. I just took a piece of masonite, attached with push pins a piece of graph paper with my design sketched on it. The graph paper was only a rough guide to visualize where the pins would go to make the "warp" through which I would weave my "weft." I actually have not tried again since because I got sidetracked trying some other ideas, but I really should go back and explore it more fully. It just seemed neat to weave something that was not a square or rectangle. And I love trees and leaves. Hope this helps!
I imagine I could stitch the warp threads through fabric on an embroidery hoop and then weave the weft stitches. I'd love to make a shawl like this.
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