Here is the school outside of Florence where we spent 3 days learning hoe to design and weave velvet and how to analyze old velvet textiles. It has been a wonderful experience and hard brain work. This photo shows the velvet we were weaving. I hope to send more pictures of us at the loom and our teacher working on top of the loom when things got a little out of whack. The red velvet is one we analyzed. The graph and card is the design of the velvet we wove. [click first photo to start slideshow]
Wow! That is amazing! How big is the loom? Thanks for all your updates! It feels like we are on the journey with you. 🙂 Can you do velvet on a regular loom?
thank you Peggy,
it has been a pleasure to meet you and an interesting challenge to run a 3 day workshop and have all weave!
Regarding the size of the loom: it’s big!
3 mt high, 1 meter wide and about 4-5 meters long. You can see me on top of it!
It is possible to weave velvet on a regular loom. Barbara Setsu Pickett organises workshops were she introduces the technique
Wow! That is amazing! How big is the loom? Thanks for all your updates! It feels like we are on the journey with you. 🙂 Can you do velvet on a regular loom?
thank you Peggy,
it has been a pleasure to meet you and an interesting challenge to run a 3 day workshop and have all weave!
Regarding the size of the loom: it’s big!
3 mt high, 1 meter wide and about 4-5 meters long. You can see me on top of it!
It is possible to weave velvet on a regular loom. Barbara Setsu Pickett organises workshops were she introduces the technique