T-Shirt Weaving
Alpha Mom celebrates upcoming Earth Day with a tutorial on t-shirt weaving. You can weave up your old t-shirts to make a cool pillow like this one above. [ via The Long Thread ]
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How-To: Weave a Paper Easter Basket
How-To: Weave a Paper Easter Basket by Diane Gilleland This design is based on the traditional Danish Woven Heart you see at Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Here, it’s updated for Easter, and a lovely way to present small gifts of candy.
Weaving on the Cheap: Improved!
Last week we posted about Weaving on the Cheap by Tala at Corvus Mellori. Tala wrote in to let us know she created an improved tutorial for weaving on the cheap that really looks amazing. Tala writes: After finishing my first scarf, I came up with an idea to hugely improve on the initial idea […]
Weaving on the Cheap
Check out this great tutorial, Weaving on the Cheap at Corus Tristis that really caught my eye. Corvus writes: Recently I decided to teach myself to weave, and to do so as cheaply as possible. Just about everything for the project was re/upcycled, from the yarn (old t-shirts) to the loom (scrap wood from building […]
Checkin’ In: Weaver Extraordinaire Travis Meinolf
The cover star of CRAFT Volume 08, the Weaving issue, Travis Meinolf continues to be up to great things. He regularly updates his Action Weaver blog with his newest happenings, workshops, and weaves. One of the coolest projects he worked on as of late is a collaboration with tailor Roy Slaper. Back in 2007, Travis […]
Zipper purses from chip bags
A friend-of-a-friend made these neat little zipper purses out of old Dorito bags. They are surprisingly robust. I will make it my life’s goal to have her explain how she did it so I can share the process with you.
Weaving a Scarf
Craftster member Beach recently tried out her floor loom for the first time, and I love the cozy, organic feel of her very first weaving project–a scarf.
