Fiber Arts News
Picking up weaving when you’re ready
We were tickled by this story of a “late bloomer”. Turns out there is no best time to learn to weave, other than when you’re ready! Inspirational, and got us itching to warp up a rigid heddle project!
Don’t forget to recycle
Weaving shopping bags out of… shopping bags!? Has anyone else tried this? Definitely caught our interest and what a cool way to recycle. Are there any options for recycled warp material?
Weaving art and photography, literally
Weaving photography and, er, weaving. Wonderful looking work and show in Brooklyn. Has anyone been? The colors look so enticing.
What can’t you build out of legos?
Lego automated loom, take that off the list of can’ts? Yup, even if the finished product is more whimsy that function, this project has a huge cool factor! The video is worth a click through.
Open-source auto knit?
They’re calling it a “clothing printer”. It looks like they’re having a lot of fun designing and testing it… Not sure that, strictly speaking, it’s our style of knitting. Still, it is an interesting project for sure!
A touching story
What a cool thing is this Chicago knitting club for teens… The rules are awesome! We’d abide by ’em.
We’re movin’ to Norway
Norway is generating a buzz with it’s “slow TV” phenomenon. One program that caught our eye is “12 hours of non-stop knitting“. Here is a version with english dubbing, and it’s quite watchable! Yarn bombing a Harley, and world record sheep-to-sweater attempts included… World record attempt begins at end of episode 2… GO Norway!
