Handwoven clothing

Every loom has its limits, but that needn’t stop you from making attractive handwoven garments.

Kelly Walsh is a hand weaver living and working in Durham, North Carolina. She worked as a web developer for years before deciding to leave the tech industry to follow her textile artist dreams. Now she sells handwoven home goods and apparel. She teaches beginning weaving and rigid heddle looms.

Three basic factors affect drape: yarn/fiber, weave structure, and warp/weft density. How can you design fabric with the drape you want?

Ann came from Kansas and scheduled a class at the studio. She had done some production weaving in the 90's but got bored .She had heard about Saori weaving and wanted to try it and had a really inspiring morning , she kept saying " I have never had so much fun weaving" and "This is artistic weaving, very painterly. " peaceful fun weaving when you return to Kansas Ann Lots of group activity the past week...... My knitting group met and I asked some of them if they wanted to try on some my…

Since I first started teaching weaving on the rigid heddle loom, I've wanted to create a garment pattern for those new-ish weavers who are tired of weaving scarves and table runners and are limited to a 15-inch rigid heddle loom. The most common size purchased by new weavers. I decided to offer the pattern as a class to help test the idea with my students. Their vests all turned out so beautiful, don't you think? And now the pattern is up on my Etsy store. Included with the pattern are…

Two days of sewing classes creating garments from Saori hand woven cloth this week. Leigh ann Brought her Amazing weavings she wove on her SAORI WX60 LOOM here. Leigh Anne started weaving and sewing coming to the studio to explore fiber arts for the first time not quite 2 years ago. You can go back in my blogs a couple of years to see her progression, but from the first yardage she brought to sewing class to design I knew she was a becoming a talented weaver ! In saori we piece our narrower…

Handwoven Jacket / Shawl / Large / Plus Size / by barefootweaver

Every loom has its limits, but that needn’t stop you from making attractive handwoven garments.