Stick Weaving Joanna Henson November Meeting 2014

Joanna Henson, one of our own members introduced us to stick weaving this month. Her samples, to inspire us, are in the pictures below.

Joanna had made sets of 5 weaving sticks for us to use and we were shown how to thread the warp  and then how to start the weaving which involved just over and under.

We started weaving a flat piece with three sticks using different coloured and textured wools.

We were then shown how to make a curved piece so that it could be joined into a circle to make a brooch.

When we had finished our circles, ways of decorating them was suggested, to turn them into brooches or decorations for bags and scarves.

It was a fun day and very useful to do in front of the television! A big thank you goes to Joanna for sharing her skills with us.