Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
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Peggy Osterkamp’s special skill is making the richness of her training and experience accessible to students. In the series, Peggy Osterkamp’s New Guide to Weaving, she presents a wealth of weaving knowledge and research, much of it never available before in the United States.
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
4d ago
Introduction: A few years ago, we visited a yarn shop that advertised that they sold paper yarns. I was so disappointed that the threads were all uniform and none had the slubs which I think of when spinning paper for thread. But that didn’t stop me from buying several skeins! Now I’m really glad I ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
3w ago
Fourteen years ago on November 19, 2010, my new website was born, thanks to my tech guy. The first of 1,052 posts was a review of my book, Weaving for Beginners, that was in Handwoven magazine. Weather you know the book or not, you might be surprised to find things that are inside and possibly ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
1M ago
Here is my first sample in use for a little over a week as my daily dish cloth (we called it a dish rag when I was growing up in Ohio). Since I live in a retirement place and don’t cook (not for 14 years), I use a dish rag to mop up around my ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
1M ago
Note: Complete illustrations for the 2-stick heading are in a previous post HERE Here’s how to set up to thread without mistakes. You get comfortable and can see the cross clearly. With the cross hanging vertically, it makes it much easier to see and work from. To do that you need to hang the warp ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
1M ago
I’m using a trapeze for the second or third time. It will be in the new version of Weaving for Beginners. I felt just like a beginner. So don’t follow here for details; they will be in the book and probably I’ll put them in another post when the book comes out in a month ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
1M ago
Note: This warp is made of commercially made paper threads. My spun paper will be for the weft. Here is my raddle clamped to the top of my loom with all the warp threads are in their dents. I have 2 special raddles—a 5-dents per inch and a 6. Good for fine threads when ½” ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
1M ago
This is the first warp I’ve made in years—I know my last warp was made before the pandemic. It felt good but almost like the first warp I ever made, somehow. All the cross ties in. Check! All the ties for the group cross for the raddle. Check! All the choke ties in. Check!Tomorrow I ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
2M ago
Introduction:A couple of weeks ago I took a 2-day workshop learning how to do reverse applique. I love taking workshops at the Slow Fiber Studios/World Shibori Network in Berkeley, California. They have artisans from all over come and teach interesting techniques. I had no interest in the subject until I heard the teacher give a ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
2M ago
This is a Follow-up to My Previous Post of September 29, 2024: Making Ikat that’s Woven Twice Introduction: I used to tell myself that travel was something that could last forever in memories. The last post got me to thinking about when we were in Japan and saw the weavers actually weaving the mats and ... Read more ..read more
Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog
2M ago
Years ago I heard about a kind of cloth that was woven twice. I had to try it—just from hear say. This was my first experiment. I realized that it wouldn’t work but I thought it looked interesting, so I had it framed. However, it shows what the first weaving would look like. The first ... Read more ..read more