Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners
Planning the Tapestry
A course by Lucy Rowan , Fiber Artist and Weaver
About the video: Planning the Tapestry
Overview
“This is one of my favourite parts of creating a weave, I will show you how to create a mood board so you can design your wall hanging. We will also look at the different weaving techniques and their terminology. ”
In this video lesson Lucy Rowan addresses the topic: Planning the Tapestry, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners . Learn how to weave home decorations by exploring different colors, yarns and textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“It's now time to start my favorite process, which is creating the mood boards. We'll use a couple of different materials to get some texture. And we'll just experiment with some colors. So these are some mood boards that I've created previously for some previous work. And you can tell that I've got a pretty strong colour palette of pinks and yellows. You'll see that note that flows through most of my work. For the mood board that we're going to create today, we've got some pre-cut bits of pictures and various patterns from some old magazines. We've got some pieces of fabric. and some wool a...”
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Course summary for: Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners
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Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Fiber Arts, Textile Design, Weaving

Lucy Rowan
A course by Lucy Rowan
Lucy is a Brighton-based fiber artist specialized in weaving and punch needle embroidery. She is completely self-taught and comes from a creative family that has always encouraged her to create. Her father, a self-taught carpenter, builds the looms Lucy uses to teach workshops across the UK.
In addition to her craft work and workshops, she has written tutorials for magazines as well as her own craft books. She has done various commissioned, and has been featured in Mollie Makers Magazine. She also runs her own online shop, Peas and Needles.
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