weaving – Jumaka

Finger Weaving

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by Judy

Finger weaving is a technique used to create belts, sashes, straps, and other similar items through a non-loom braiding process. It is especially popular among the Québecois, Métis and North Read More …

Card Weaving

Posted on February 9, 2019March 15, 2019 by Judy

Card weaving (also called tablet weaving) is a very ancient technique for weaving bands. It was used in Iron Age Europe as well as by the Vikings to weave headers Read More …

Bandweaving

Posted on January 31, 2019October 30, 2019 by Judy

I’ve recently become fascinated with weaving narrow bands using a special band heddle. This technique uses supplementary warp threads to form the pattern by floating on top of or underneath Read More …

The story of a rug

Posted on November 4, 2015February 27, 2017 by Judy

This rug began as wool straight off the sheep – white Scottish Blackface from Alberta, white North Country Cheviot from Ontario, black Canadian wool from the Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Read More …