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Monday, December 18, 2023

Band Weaving for the Holidays.


Last year at this Holiday time, I did a post about making bands to give away at Christmas. This year, I am posting some of the things you can do with your bands for holiday gift giving from my previous blogs. So get out your looms or your box of scraps and share your creative skills with your loved ones!















 New to Band Weaving?   Making decorative and useful bands is easy on an inkle, backstrap, paddle, box or rigid heddle.  An easy way to start is with my book, Tape Loom Weaving... simplified.  Available on my web site, eastknollpottery.com or on Amazon.

Check out this blog and my pinterest pages for more ideas of bands and the looms they are woven on...

https://www.pinterest.com/potterymom1/weaving-bands-tapes/

https://www.pinterest.com/potterymom1/weaving-band-looms/

Now go and be creative!



Friday, April 21, 2023

Band Carving and Weaving Class... North House Folk School... this coming June

My husband Roger and I are teaching another class at North House Folk School in Minnesota this June.

Band weaving.... https://www.northhouse.org/course-session/carve-a-loom-weave-a-band-weaving-session-6-27-2023

Loom carving.... https://www.northhouse.org/course-session/carve-a-loom-weave-a-band-carving-session-6-27-2023










This is a couples class. Traditionally, a young man would carve a loom for the girl he wanted to marry. He would carve simple or elaborate designs expressing his love. He would leave it on her doorstep. If she took it in and accepted it, she would be consenting to marry and she would begin weaving beautiful bands. If she did not accept it, he would have to make a new one for the next girl. The saying goes along with the same idea of offering a mangle board (a sort of wooden iron for pressing linen) that a young man may make for his sweetheart... "Beware of the man with too many mangle boards!"

Our couples class is for two people. Bring along a spouse, indended or friend. One of you will carve a loom, shuttle and beam and the other will learn how to chart patterns, set up your loom and weave plain and fancy bands,  At the end of three days, you both will have a loom, shuttle and carved beam to share, a belt, bookmarks, fancy bands and know how to weave. A total package deal! 

We work together on this project so we can have fun talking about what the weaver needs in a loom and everyone will understand the mechanics of how the weave structure works.

Fun for all in a wonderful Folk School setting.  MUST BRING A PARTNER! This is a two part class. Click on the links above to see more photos, read about the instructors and get more information.


Dates

Tue, Jun 27th, 2023  –  Thu, Jun 29th, 2023

Course Details

Hours: 9am-5pm each day
Tuition: $315.00  for each part of the class

New to Band Weaving and not ready to take a class? 
Find my book, Tape Loom Weaving... simplified... on my website www.eastknollpottery,com or on Amazon.