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Backstrap Weaving – Mind Blown
First of all, I should point out that this post is not about anything woven on backstrap looms. I just always happen to start my titles with the term Backstrap Weaving. The Ayoreo are a formerly nomadic indigenous people who live in the eastern lowland part of Bolivia known as the Gran Chaco. I’ve always…
Backstrap Weaving – Ummmmmm……
I was recently asked to describe the kind of weaving that I do in an audio-only interview. Ummmmmm ….I was completely stumped and now I don’t even remember what kind of awkward response I made! When talking about my weaving, I’ve always been in settings in which I could basically just let the textiles do…
Backstrap Weaving – Bye-bye Traddy
And so continues the journey of my Ashford Traditional spinning wheel….and I never once took a photo of it 😦 I got it in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) back in the 90s and had it in my home in southern Chile. I wished I’d asked how it had made its way to the Falklands…
Backstrap Weaving- The Walls
I’m still here looking at blank white walls quite literally watching paint dry on some days and hoping that I’ll wake up to suitable humidity levels so that I can get on with this task and back to my loom! The humidity levels haven’t been playing along lately. On those days there’s always the “delightful”…
Backstrap Weaving