Trimmed in Twill Weaving Pattern
Trimmed in Twill is originally our 2020 Advent Shawl pattern. You can use any combination of 12 fingering-weight yarns and colours, with a minimum of
Felicia Lo
August 10, 2022
WEAVING COURSES
Learn to weave your own scarves, shawls, and garments, as well as both decorative and functional items for your home. If you are new to weaving, we suggest starting with the Essential Weaving course and then moving to the Rigid Heddle, Multishaft, or Tapestry courses, depending on what kind of loom you want to work with. Handwoven Colour is an exploration of how handpainted and hand-dyed yarns can be applied to weaving projects.
WEAVING LEARNING PATH
Our courses are designed for weavers starting from the absolute beginner to a weaver who wants to discover weave structures and concepts in a way that builds on gained knowledge. We've organized the courses in a curated path so you can get from where you are to where you want to be.
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LATEST WEAVING PATTERNS
Colour & Weave Gamp
A gamp is a sampler, a weaver’s way of using a single warp to test out multiple ideas. It could be a colour gamp or a weave structure gamp or in this case a gamp that explores colour patterns. Colour and Weave is not a weave structure but rather a pattern, in the sense that it is simply plain weave with the addition of colour effects through alternating light and dark threads.
Amanda Wood
January 12, 2022
Breakfast Eggs Towels Pattern
The first warp uses an easy all over houndstooth colour sequence leaving areas of solid yellow and white just like you would have in a fried egg and the second shows you how to use just a bit of striping to create a colour and weave highlight in the corner of your towels with a more muted scrambled egg palette where buttery and deep yellow combine. Mix and match and make them your own.
Amanda Wood
January 12, 2022
M & W Placemats Weaving Pattern
These 4-shaft Ms and Ws twill placemats are quick to weave up in 3/2 cotton. Weave a set of 4 matching placemats or weave one long table runner. By changing up your treadling progressions, you can weave a series of different twill patterns too!
Laura Fry
January 12, 2022
Wall of Troy Runner Weaving Pattern
In The Intentional Weaver course with Laura Fry, we learned how to beam a warp using a trapeze and this is the project we put on the loom. It’s a 5-yard / 4.6 m long 3/2 cotton warp that we threaded on 8 shafts in a “wall of troy” threading pattern. This pattern can also be threaded on 4 shafts, so both drafts are included here. Changing the treadling will produce new patterns.
Laura Fry
January 12, 2022
Scandinavian Sampler
Inspired by a rosepath pattern found in a vintage Swedish book of weaving designs. The sampler has a variety of motifs commonly found in krokbragd weaving. They are arranged in colorful bands with a broader field in the middle of the design.
Debby Greenlaw
December 6, 2021
Cherry Blossoms Scarf Pattern
Clasped weft project. Inspired by the characteristic warm pinks of spring cherry blossoms, this long, drapey silk-merino scarf is perfect for shoulder seasons where you want to wrap a soft cloth many times to keep out the cold.
Amanda Wood
December 6, 2021
Cherry Blossoms Cowl Pattern
Clasped warp project. Inspired by the characteristic warm pinks of spring cherry blossoms, this silk-merino cowl is perfect for shoulder seasons. Combining warp interlocking and plain-weave it’s a great project to highlight the power of the rigid heddle loom. Sewing the ends together creates an easy to wear cowl.
Amanda Wood
December 6, 2021
Rosepath Blankets
In the pattern, Felicia makes a series of twill blankets, but you could use the same idea and weave pillows, or a table runner, or a scarf.
Felicia Lo
November 8, 2021
Twill Gamp
Handwoven Twill Gamp Pattern. The first project in this workshop will be weaving a twill gamp, which is a way for us to experiment with many different variations of twill.
Felicia Lo
November 8, 2021
Houndstooth Scarves
Handwoven Scarf Pattern. Weave different houndstooth scarf patterns using a rigid heddle loom, 4-shaft, or 8-shaft loom.
Felicia Lo
February 26, 2021
Faux Ikat Scarves
Handwoven Scarf Pattern. Using gradient hand-dyed sock blanks as the main ingredient, we’re exploring optical colour mixing, drape, and texture through a series of handwoven scarves.
Felicia Lo
November 18, 2020
LATEST WEAVING POSTS
Featured Student: Marjoram Lynn
What if it felt like time to fill your own cup back up, and enjoy a little (or a lot) of self-care? After talking with Marjoram Lynn, you’ll understand how self-care is really a tool for their (and could be for your own) mental health.
Robyn Gibbons
July 14, 2022
What Is Good Cloth?
When you come and sit down at your loom, what are you focused on? Are you obsessing over a perfectly balanced cloth? Perhaps you are
Amanda Buckley
May 12, 2022
Those Pesky Numbers
New weavers sometimes have a bit of a challenge coming to grips with the numbering systems used to identify their yarns, and Laura explains all the info needed to break down those pesky number counts.
Laura Fry
April 19, 2022
Advent 2020 Tutorial – How to make Twisted Fringe
In this tiny tutorial, Felicia Lo demonstrates how to use the Ashford Fringe Twister to make twisted fringe for handwovens.
Felicia Lo
December 24, 2020
How to Weave with Multiple Weft Shuttles
In this weaving tutorial, learn how to weave with multiple weft shuttles for short, repeating stripes and multiple weft colour changes.
Felicia Lo
November 26, 2020
Felicia’s Recommended Spinning and Weaving Books
Here is a list of some of Felicia’s favourite spinning and weaving books!
Felicia Lo
October 30, 2020
How to Buy a Weaving Loom
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been asking many of you in this fibre arts community about what struggles and challenges you face. We
Felicia Lo
July 17, 2020
Getting Started with Weaving Looms
Download our guide to weaving equipment » This little guide is just about the absolute basics of what you need to get started with weaving.
Felicia Lo
July 7, 2020
Reed Substitution Chart
A reed substitution chart is a great way to extend your reeds to be used at a wide range of setts.
Felicia Lo
October 15, 2019
Weaving Circles // warping and weaving on a circular frame loom
In this tutorial, we warp and begin weaving on a circular frame.
Felicia Lo
May 15, 2019
Weaving Tools
Here are a few of the tools that I mention in the Essential Weaving workshop
Felicia Lo
April 11, 2019
Weaving Terms
Here are some of the most common weaving terms that will help you understand the process.
Felicia Lo
April 11, 2019