Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners
Interlocking Colours
A course by Lucy Rowan , Fiber Artist and Weaver
About the video: Interlocking Colours
Overview
“In this lesson, I’m going to show you how to interlock your coloured threads and how to avoid creating holes in your weaves. ”
In this video lesson Lucy Rowan addresses the topic: Interlocking Colours, 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
“Interlocking Colours In this lesson I'll show you one way of changing colours and that's by interlocking your threads. To help me interlock colours, I have here a haberdashery needle, which is just a wool needle with a very large eye, my trusty fork, some scissors, and some cotton. I'm using a contrasting colour today, just so you can see exactly what I'm doing, but you might want to use a similar colour to your semicircle, just so you can get that really nice blending. So we'll get started. You just wanna thread your needle. And we're gonna be separating out these threads here on this warp...”
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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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