Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric

Overview

“The last technique that I will show you is that of row stops. This will allow you to make several shapes, including the square, the triangle and the circle. You can then combine these shapes to create more complex ones.”

In this video lesson Delphine Dénéréaz addresses the topic: Other Possible Shapes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric. Recycle your old fabric to make beautiful decorative tapestries using traditional weaving techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“Other possible shapes In this lesson I will show you rank stops and how to create different shapes on your weave. We will start with the square, the simplest shape. For this lesson, we will need the comb and especially the needle. I'll start by weaving my shape on certain warp threads and not all of the threads, as we have seen before. I decide to make a red square, who will make six warp threads and which will be approximately the same height in frame. It is this form that I do first. After weaving my first row, I'm going to weave the rest of my square, in the same way that I was weaving o...”

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Course summary for: Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric

• Level: Beginner
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• 886 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (2h 24m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Textile Design, Weaving