The Art of Simple Band Weaving by Susan J Foulkes
Nosotros're pleased to welcome Susan J. Foulkes to our blog for a special guest mail! Susan is a weaver, teacher, and author.
Today, Susan shares some of the weaving inspiration backside her newest book, Weaving Patterned Bands: How to Create and Pattern With 5, 7, and 9 Pattern Threads
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My proper noun is Susan J Foulkes. As a weaver I enjoy using natural materials in my work, linen, cotton silk alpaca, cahsmere. My detail interest is in the woven folk bands of Europe. I accept spent many hours with curators in museums examining their wonderful collections. I run workshops and online courses about ring weaving.
I have self-published several books with blurb.com. My new book Weaving Patterned Bands: How to create and design with v, seven, and 9 Pattern Threads has just been published by Schiffer. It has over 140 patterns with clear instructions for the beginner and enhanced design techniques for the more than advanced.
When I started weaving I was curious to try as many techniques as I could. I swiftly institute that some of them, such every bit tapestry weaving and tablet weaving, did not appoint my interest, but I found myself drawn to the deceptively simple woven band patterns from Sweden. My starting time attempts at patterned band weaving were non successful only I felt that I needed to persevere. Like a kid I started with the simplest of patterns with just five blueprint threads. I wove pattern after pattern. I tried many different combinations of yarn, some successful and some not; unbleached linen blueprint threads with a white cotton wool background proved very difficult.
Still, I was hooked. Moving on to wider and more than complex patterns, the variations seemed endless. The widest band I have woven has 33 design threads. It is the Lielvārde belt from Latvia and is i of the more celebrated of all bands because it is officially part of the Latvian Cultural Canon (Encounter my YouTube video https://youtu.be/t9Dekjt8uog). Below I am wearing a magnificent example which I bought in Republic of latvia.
Only I was withal not satisfied. I wanted to find out more about how and why bands were woven. What were they used for? These questions launched a series of travels effectually Scandinavia and the Baltic States. Visiting museums and speaking to curators is so rewarding. I was entranced by the multifariousness of textiles on brandish, but even more than enthralled by the contents of storerooms. Taking photographs enabled me to analyse the patterns to attempt at abode.
Involvement in patterned band weaving seems to accept waxed and waned in popularity and when I became interested there were very few books bachelor. I wanted to share my passion and interest so I started teaching online workshops with the Complect Order. This led to making YouTube videos to accompany the written materials that I prepared. Now my husband was not only a valued weaver'southward assistant just besides had to develop video making skills!
In my new book I thought that I would get back to the beginning and bring this arts and crafts within the achieve of a younger audience who had never tried weaving before; to evidence how this is a creative craft through which individuality can shine. The curators with whom I had spent many hours poring over examples of weaving were generous with their time and also allowed me to publish some of the photographs I took. Not everyone is in a position to travel to museums and nowadays many of the larger museums have their collections on line. Museums are role of the heritage of a country and are vitally important for keeping records of crafts. Arts and crafts societies effectually the world keep alive older traditions and can refer to museum collections for inspiration.
I want to share my love of patterned ring weaving. Enjoy your own journey of discovery through this cute traditional craft.
Thanks and so much to Susan for her awesome guest weblog post! Susan too has a special gift for you! She sent us some very special hand woven bookmarks that she wove herself and that come with a blueprint carte for how to brand them. To enter to win one of these bookmarks visit our Instagram postand follow the instructions to enter the giveaway.
For more of Susan's awesome work cheque out her social media:
Durham Weaver Blog
YouTube
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