Hand Weaving Techniques for Beginners
Create Some Texture 2
A course by Lucy Rowan , Fiber Artist and Weaver
About the video: Create Some Texture 2
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you how to do "soumak", loops, and experiments with thick and thin yarns. ”
In this video lesson Lucy Rowan addresses the topic: Create Some Texture 2, 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
“Create Some Texture Now that we've finished our plait, I'm gonna move the roving out the way, and we'll start creating some loops in this section here. And I think I'll use this one, which is just some material that's ripped up into strips. And to create loops, we're gonna use two strands at a time. I like to weave with two strands just because I feel like it weaves up a lot quicker. Probably gonna do two rows of loops here. So probably about another maybe two arms lengths. We'll keep it just above where we're gonna be working because when we're creating the loops, you'll see as we get goin...”
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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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