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  I have just published my fourth pdf tutorial on Boundweave techniques, which is available to purchase and download from the Shop section of my website. These detailed and illustrated tutorials are each in the form of a full workshop, and contain all the information you need to weave a sampler of colourful motifs and learn how to create your own designs. The fourth tutorial, Further Adventures in Boundweave, covers 2/2 twill and 2/2 twill on Opposites. On payment a link is immediately provided to download the pdf ..read more

For those who kindly bought my previous pdf digital download "Four-Shaft Boundweave on a Rigid heddle Loom", the page below should help those who may be unfamiliar with reading a draft for a loom with shafts. I hope it will assist you in threading your heddle rods in the Rosepath sequence ..read more

My new detailed and fully-illustrated pdf tutorial is now available via my website shop! All the guidance you need to enable you to reproduce a range of motifs and create your own original designs ..read more

So here it is, Part 2 of Boundweave on a Rigid Heddle Loom. Just in case you needed even more! Available as an instant download from the Shop page. https://janeflanagantextiles.co.uk/product/more-4-shaft-boundweave-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom-tutorial ..read more

Now available via my website Shop, a new illustrated tutorial covering how to set up your rigid heddle loom to weave intricate weft-faced patterns that usually require a loom with four shafts! https://janeflanagantextiles.co.uk/product/4-shaft-boundweave-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom-guide ..read more

Finished at last-the Boundweave rug, ready for Summer School next week ..read more

Not long now till the AGWSD Summer School 2019 at Askham Bryan near York, where I will be teaching a week-long workshop on Boundweave on a Rosepath threading. Everything is ready, apart from this very bright rug, which I am hoping to finish in time for the tutor's exhibition. I'm just over halfway and have a month left-it's slow-going ..read more

There will also be demonstrations of spinning and weaving by hand and by machine, and I will be running free children's craft activities on a drop-in basis. Please do support this wonderful resource, as we continue to fight to save this vital part of our textile heritage ..read more

It has been a long time since I posted, mainly due to a ruptured ligament in my hand which has meant there has not been a lot of weaving going on in the shed for a while. Things are slowly improving, so here are details of a couple of forthcoming events: Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is now open again for the Summer Season on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the cafe will also be open serving soup, sandwiches, cakes and beverages. On June 29th it is the Midsummer Market/Fair and I will be there demonstrating weaving and other traditional textile techniques. In August 2019 I will be tutoring ..read more