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Weaving for Knitters - GATHER Textiles Inc.

$ 21.00

4.6

(436)

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Description

Let me tell you a secret about weavers: we are all knitters. Or at least former knitters, for the most part. Weaving is usually at least someone’s second or third fibre craft. Scratch a weaver, and you will find a knitter, embroiderer, crocheter, or spinner. If you’re a knitter who is curious about weaving, here’s some information to help welcome you into the weaving world. What is weaving? Did you do that craft in kindergarten where you took strips of construction paper and went over-under-over-under another set of strips to make something that looked like a basket? That’s the basic idea of weaving a simple structure called plain weave. Except that we use looms to lift up every other strand of yarn at the same time, so that instead of having to go over-under-over-under each one, we can just pass