Weaving

Over the summer in 2025, a friend of mine, Amie, suggested that we have a crafty Christmas gift exchange instead of worrying about buying gifts for folks. She still professes that she meant one gift, one person, like a Secret Santa deal, but the rest of us loved the idea and got to work. So I got to weaving and sewing and crocheting. I started with the idea of making baskets using the pattern from Handwoven magazine Fall 2025. The basket weaving structure is Krokbragd, and required some learning and time. Overall, I made 4 of the baskets, one for myself, one for my sister, and two for Crafty Christmas. The basket warp is 8/4 cotton in black, and the weft is various colors of worsted wool yarn. ...

I wanted to do a small project using turned twill so I designed some easy mug rugs. The goal size for each was 5" x 5" coasters with short tassels at each end (1/2"). Ends: 100 EPI: 15 Reed: 10 Slay Pattern: 1/2 The majority was 5/2 cotton with 10/3 white cotton zinger. The weaving was pretty easy, and the end results look good, but they aren’t great mug rugs; no absorbency. ...

After working through some of the JST twill classes I wanted to do something with some of the new patterns I’d learned, specifically the diamonds and wall of try. I offered to make a table runner for my friend Meghan, and we settled on Gold and Cranberry colors, and I came up with this pattern. The project plan is to use 5/2 cotton. Ends: 316 EPI 15 Reed: 10 Sley pattern: 1,2 Heddle Counts: ...