Diamond twill envelope style pillow cover I am thinking about adding another dimension to my "handwoven home" offerings at summer fairs this year and have been tinkering with cushion cover designs. I've sewn a bit with my handwoven fabrics, and as my fellow handweaver friends know, it is most certainly NOT like working with commercially [...]
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 wool tartan cloth
Tartan shawl woven from Harrisville Designs Shetland wool.
Oh heck! How to replace a bum warp end.
Oh heck! How to replace a misbehaving warp thread.
Twills: from bird’s eye to diamonds
New "Four Seasons" placemats and diamond twill towels.
Placemats for all seasons
Hello, friends. I love placemats. I love to use them and I love to weave them. They make great gifts and they're a nice way to "live" with handwovens. When crafted from cotton, they're especially easy to launder. My newest design is build around a four shaft bird's eye twill design. I wanted to create [...]
New designs for 2019
Gee whiz, December came and went and here we are in the middle of January. Happy (belated) 2019, everyone. Now that the boys are back at university and the holiday festivities have past, I've started planning in earnest for the 2019 art fair circuit. Yes! The planning begins nearly a year in advance, especially for [...]
A new pattern draft to share: Snappy Winter Wool Scarf
Weavers love to make scarves, am I right? They can be as complicated or as unfussy as we like, are a great way to try out new yarns, and make nice gifts for ladies or gents. I'm sharing my new pattern design here for my Snappy Winter Wool Scarf: Snappy Winter Wool Scarf Materials... I [...]
New for November
Well, October has come and gone. I spent the first few days of November in Bath, Maine alongside my husband. We had a wonderful stay at the Inn at Bath and wonderful meals in and around the city. A trip to Halcyon Yarn to shore up my 8/2 unmercerized cotton supply rounded out our stay. [...]
Roseland Cottage wrap-up!
Hello, friends. It was a treat to exhibit my work for the first time at Historic New England's Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut. While it was a bit rainy during set-up on Saturday morning, the good people of Woodstock braved the elements and supported the event in earnest. Here is a photo of Roseland Cottage [...]
Hello, October
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers," says one of my favorite literary characters of all time, Anne Shirley. Yes, it is "sweatah weathah" here in New England. And what a comforting thought this is. September closed for me with the inaugural Capital Arts Fest, held in Concord, New Hampshire [...]
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