BW-01. Intro to Vävstuga Band Weaving
Welcome to Vävstuga Video Classes
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6m 58s
Learn to weave bands of many types with Becky Ashenden, the owner of Vävstuga Weaving School. Her tremendously popular Basics course, developed as an in-person 5-day intensive and now also available as a video class, has been helping weavers of all levels experience the joy of Swedish weaving since 1991.
Band Weaving course contents:
- Introduction
- Section #1: Rigid heddle -- 11 bands in different styles
- Section #2: Vävstuga bandloom -- 6 bands featuring our attachments and patterning systems
- Section #3: Floor loom -- 6 bands presenting many variations and tips
- Section #4: Classroom -- 10 segments, including two extensive personal collections:
-- 300+ Mora patterns from Barbro Wallin
-- Doris Wiklund's Band Notebook
- Extras -- handouts, [detailed table of contents and index coming soon]
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