Category: weaving
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New Yarns now available at Valerie Baber Designs!
New Yarns and colours now available at Valerie Baber Designs perfect for your crochet, knitting, weaving, crafts and more on my Etsy store.
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Weaving Dishcloths for Spring!
With spring in the air, though we still have snow everywhere, I wanted to weave some new dishcloths with a lighter colour way.
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FRIENDSHIP FACTOR PROJECT – WEAVING DISH TOWELS
Friendship Factor Project – Dish Towels adventure: The Friendship Factor Project continues with learning to weave dish towels. I have been wanting to weave dish towels, dish cloths and other house hold items for a while and have been collecting various colours of cotton over the past year in anticipation of this new weaving journey.…
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WEAVING DISH CLOTHS
I recently began weaving dish towels and dish cloths and I must say the are very enjoyable to weave. Here are 3 of my most recent dish cloths in ivory, gray, blue and green combinations. I used 2 different weights of cotton on these dish cloths this time to see what would happen. On the…
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WEAVING SOME CHRISTMAS DISH CLOTHS
I love making things and Christmas time especially with the traditional colours of Christmas in green and red. This year I wanted to try my hand at weaving some Christmas Dish Cloths to add a touch of Christmas cheer to the kitchen. I wanted to add some stripes of red and deep green to go…
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Friendship Factor Project – Clasped weaving.
Friendship Factor scarf project continues with the “Peaks and Valleys” hand woven scarf by Anu Bhatia recently posted in the Little Looms Spring edition from Handwoven Magazine www.handwovenmagazine.com. The design is inspired by the Colorado foothills which was very interesting since Lisa lives in Colorado which made the choice to make this scarf next a…
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Friendship Factor Scarf – Expressive Weaving
Friendship is a wonderful adventure full of interesting and unique moments that are treasured for a lifetime. The Friendship Factor adventure is continuing with a great friend of mine Lisa (pen and hook). Lisa is the one who inspired me to try weaving and I have to say I am so very thankful. I had…
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SAVE 10% – PARTY OF FIVE mini skeins yarn in stock!
Available on my Etsy store: www.valeriebaberdesigns.etsy.com BACK IN STOCK! Party of Five mini skeins yarn by Sweetgeorgia yarns in soft merino wool mini skein set of gradient colours and neutrals. Each Party of Five mini skein is a 3 ply sock yarn weight merino wool with a touch of nylon for durability. Each Tough Love Sock…
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Friendship Factor Adventure #3 – Terrific Tartan Scarf
The friendship factor adventure continues with a terrific Golden Plum Tartan scarf by Paula Veleta shown below. This beautiful scarf design is perfect for any wardrobe and a wonderful pattern to weave. Lisa and I spent some time discussing what we wanted to try next and we both felt weaving plaid or tartan was the…
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Friendship Factor Scarf – Twisting the Night Away!
The Friendship Factor Scarf #2 – “Twisting the Night Away” is a continuing journey of weaving across the miles with a wonderful friend of mine, Lisa. We enjoyed weaving together so much (though we both live in different Countries) we decided to continue the Friendship Factor adventure. You can view the first Friendship Factor scarf…