Chatter about sewing with handwoven wool fabrics, photos of new finished handbags and what's on the loom this week.
Towels and tartan totes
Author: Kate Kilgus
Kate Kilgus is a handweaver from Harrisville, New Hampshire specializing in heirloom-quality table linens, fine wearables, and handwoven wool accessories. Weaving workshop instructor. University of Michigan alum. Avid vegetable and herb gardener. She like polka dots, birds, and berries.
New kitchen towel pattern for weavers
Chit chat about my latest print-at-home pattern for weavers, Lake House Kitchen Towels.
New fabrics and a few flasks
Flask covers constructed from handwoven fabric.
Berry Tartan Draft for handweavers
The "Berry Tartan" weaving draft is available via Google Drive. Get yours here!
Overshot with color; this and that
Chitchat about overshot weaving; Windwood Productions and the League of NH Craftsmen come to my home in Harrisville for "Craft Stories."
Experimenting with overshot
Experimenting with overshot for wearable weaving.
Winter weaving
A new rep weave placemat pattern, kitchen towels, and general weaving chatter.
A little ripsmatta rug on a jack loom
Sharing some insights for weaving ripsmatta on a jack loom. (Hint: clear off the top of your loom!)
Dabbling in warp rep (ripsmatta)
Ripsmatta on the loom and weaving with a sword (sort of).
Photographing handwoven textiles for art show applications
The challenges of taking product photographs for textiles.
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