Durham Weaver
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Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford Workshop 3rd or 4th October 2025
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My books about band weaving.
My articles
Books from Sweden, Finland, Estonia and USA
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Weaving Bands
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Baltic Hearts Tea Towels
Uses for woven bands
Threading a rigid heddle.
Making a warp for simple band weaving.
Setting up a small loom for band weaving
Weaving stripes: Plain weave warp faced bands
Weaving patterned bands.
Band weaving with 11 pattern threads
Band weaving with 13 pattern threads
Band weaving with 15 pattern threads
Weaving with the Sigga heddle.
Bands from Mora, Sweden
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Weaving Equipment
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Interesting blogs
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Interesting blogs and web sites
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Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Weaving a double fringe on a narrow warp faced band.
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One one of Tutankhamun's robes there is a delightful double fringed narrow band around a shaped collar. The original collar with the ...
Monday, 1 September 2025
Rigid Heddles found aboard ships
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The Ashley Book of Knots The Ashley Book of Knots is a fountain of fascinating information. On page 488 he illustrates a small rigid heddl...
Friday, 1 August 2025
Budapest: two Roman heddles
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There have been two finds of Roman era rigid heddles in Hungary. Both have interesting characteristics. The most unusual is the heddle fou...
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Weaving without a shuttle or beater.
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I have been exploring others ways of weaving a narrow band. I have just uploaded a video about weaving with a butterfly weft. https://youtu...
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, UK
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Arbeia Roman Fort is in South Shields, UK. The site is now a museum. It is here that the Roman heddle was found in the late 19th century. ...
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Thursday, 1 May 2025
Making a rigid heddle and shuttle at Northern Bowl
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I have just attended a one day workshop at Northern Bowl - organised by https://www.landofroots.co.uk/ I live within walking distance but ...
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