Boundweave patterns

Of the many interesting stops on the Vesterheim 2017 Textile Tour, none had a particular focus on krokbragd, a popular type of Norwegian weave structure. Yet… they keep showing up. The lates…

Boundweave Class: I was fortunate to take a class from Tom Knisely at the Jefferson Fiber Retreat this past March on weaving boundweave. Boundweave is a very dense weave and is often used for rugs. We made a sample using up to 4 colors of yarn in various patterns. Here's a small sample: I'm using my Structo table loom, which has a date of 1947 on the reed. It's a very sturdy old table loom and is working well. It's a pretty heavy duty table loom with big metal gears. My cousin found the…

Posts about Summer and Winter written by iowaweaver

I recently completed a 3 day workshop with Tom Knisely on Boundweave. It was a great workshop, primarily because Tom is such an entertaining teacher and also because I will definitely weave a rug or two using the techniques learned during the workshop. For the class, we each brought our own loom to the Folk Art Center, warped with doubled carpet warp at 6 working epi in a rosepath threading. We used either rug wool or mop cotton yarns for the weft in a variety of treadling sequences. I ended…

I recently completed a 3 day workshop with Tom Knisely on Boundweave. It was a great workshop, primarily because Tom is such an entertai...

Learn, refresh and reflect

Since I published photos of my friend Nancy Ellison’s weaving of pastors and sheep, I have had requests for drafts and help from others who want to weave similar pieces. I haven’t even…

Boundweave Santas