Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners
Build Your Own Loom and How to Warp
A course by Lucy Rowan , Fiber Artist and Weaver
About the video: Build Your Own Loom and How to Warp
Overview
“Don't worry if you don't own a loom and you are not ready to buy one. I will show you how to build your own loom from an old picture frame. We will warp up the loom and see how to get the correct tension with the right warp for your piece. ”
In this video lesson Lucy Rowan addresses the topic: Build Your Own Loom and How to Warp, 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
“Build Your Own Loom How to Warp In this lesson I'll show you how to warp up your loom and how to create that perfect tension. Don't worry if you don't have one, we'll create one using an old picture frame. We've got different thicknesses of warp. The main thing with warping up your loom is that whatever you use to warp up is that it's really strong and it doesn't snap, because over time it gets a lot of use and it could start to fray. So, what we have here is we have the medium warp, and some thick warp, and some thin, but for today we'll use this really nice medium warp, which is a cotton ...”
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Course summary for: Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
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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