Tag: Workshops

Bowl Weaving Tutorial

Bowl Weaving Tutorial

This is the FINAL Video in the Weaving Tutorial Series!  This one features a bowl loom! Learn how to weave a strap on a bowl loom and learn about how weaving can be like dating and also how weaving is about strength! I hope you 

Rock Loom Weaving Tutorial

Rock Loom Weaving Tutorial

Learn how to weave on a rock loom and learn how weaving is connected to time! This tutorial video also features a demonstration  on how to weave holes into your piece, and if we are continuing the analogy of time, they must be worm holes!!!​I 

Embroidery Hoop Weaving Tutorial Video!

Embroidery Hoop Weaving Tutorial Video!

The Embroidery Hoop Loom is the next loom in this weaving tutorial series.  This is a great weaving to teach common ground and the bringing together of disparate pieces into one unit. ​I hope you enjoy the video, and if you are interested in learning more 

Twig Weaving Tutorial

Twig Weaving Tutorial

The Twig Loom is the next loom in this weaving tutorial series.  As I say repeatedly in the video, this is a great project for kids because it comes with a built-in handle!  Choose to weave with t-shirt yarn (tarn) and you will weave faster. 

Tree Slice Weaving Tutorial

Tree Slice Weaving Tutorial

Have you ever wanted to weave, but lacked a loom or lacked room for a loom? Well, this Tutorial Video, below, is the first in a video series showcasing five different looms!  The first loom is a tree slice! I hope you enjoy the video, 

Plaster Cloth Animal Workshop

Plaster Cloth Animal Workshop

What a joy it was to spend the day building animals at the Plaster Cloth Animal Workshop at Spring Bird’s Cottage. This workshop was part of the A Season To Make Workshop Series , which seeks to connect community with creativity and nature.  We began by choosing an Animal Card 

Rug Hooked Pillow Workshop

Rug Hooked Pillow Workshop

Wow! What a great start to the 2019 “A Season To Make” Workshop Series! We kicked off the series with learning to make Rug Hooked Pillows. Both days were realizations of my dream of creating opportunities to make in community and in nature, at the 

Sweaters For Sticks Workshop!!!

Sweaters For Sticks Workshop!!!

When Colored Squid Gallery owner, Joyce, reached out to me to lead a Sweaters for Sticks Workshop at her shop, I was initially confused. It was my assumption that the process of wrapping yarn around sticks seemed too basic and boring for anyone to be interested in