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Do you ever stop in a store to inspect or take a photo of a woven pillow or rug? Please say I'm not the only one! I'm always trying to spread apart rows and take pictures for reference... what's your favorite store to do this in??⠀
I’m currently working on a new Pibione pillow pattern for @thecraftersbox ‘s new marketplace - you can now get kits, classes and supplies from them without being a subscription member! This is the pattern I created for them last winter, made in different colors by a the talented @chatnoir29 🙌🏼
Pibione pillows are BIG right now. I feel like I see them in every home decor store and boutique I stop in! I totally get it. They're gorgeous - and you can make one yourself, like this, by using any of my kits in @thecraftersbox marketplace. Head to the link in my bio and then go their marketplace to browse all the amazing kits they have to offer.⠀
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I want to ask you something. What makes a good artwork? What stops you in your tracks, actually makes you pause your day and consider what you are looking at? Is it a feeling, a composition, a new-ness? Please comment below. It would mean so much hear you individually and use your feedback to grow as an artist.⠀
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Image from my free tutorial on how to punch within a frame shape. Link in bio, called ‘Punching on Shaped Hoops’.⠀
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This week I started filming a new macrame class during some hours I have blocked out specifically for work... but a few days later I decided I wanted to take the class in another direction.
With my Monthly Weaving Series happening this year, I’ve been itching to do some macrame, you know!? Thanks for your input in my stories on how to make this class exactly what’s been missing in the macrame world! 🙌🏼
I’m excited to start over with clarity, but a little sad that I didn’t sit down and think it through first, so that I could have worked smarter, not harder, and wouldn’t have wasted that time.
Does that ever happen to you?😜 Time is a valuable commodity over here with my work-from-home balancing act!
The first piece I filmed for the macrame class won’t actually be included anymore... but I’m definitely in love with it, so it’s brightening up my own walls and bringing me joy!
Hoping you are having a happy Sunday, and wishing all the men in your life a Happy Father’s Day!
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Lindsey
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Who knows what this pile of tools could be? 😍
Moving from a frame loom to a rigid heddle loom can be quite an adjustment (and I’m constantly answering student’s questions about this jump in my DMs and email). The techniques, assemble, price and time are all a bit more of an investment than simply warping a frame loom and getting to work.
That’s why I was so excited when my friends over at @thecraftersbox announced that the first craft in their new premium kits (ALWAYS available in their new marketplace, so you don’t have to be a member to order) was a gorgeous rigid heddle loom, with fibers and a full class from @weaverhouseco . You get everything you see in this pic + the class. It’s the perfect answer if you’re apprehensive and curious to get started!
Head to their account to learn more. I’ll be warping my rigid heddle loom in my stories today and sharing the process a bit!
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I was so happy when @Dyson reached out to ask if I would share about their revolutionary new light: The Dyson Lightcycle task light. I definitely needed this lamp for my studio table! It automatically simulates properties of natural daylight and is designed to reduce eye strain. #sponsor⠀
I can adjust the brightness and warmth from an app on my phone, or set it to automatically adjust to the light so I don't have to think about it. I've been using it in the evenings or on a rainy day when I get a spare moment to weave in my studio. Good light makes me happy!⠀
Thanks Dyson - I might be moving this between my studio and office for late night editing sessions too...⠀
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Lately, the only times I get to weave are when I'm filming a class, which means I have to be by a window with tons of natural light - I rarely get to actually weave in my dark-ish studio! ⠀
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Dyson just released their new Dyson Lightcycle task light, which is the only light that auto simulates properties of natural daylight, so I always get the right kind of light at the right time of day without having to adjust anything 💡 The brightness and temperature change as the light outside changes, so it also helps reduce eye strain when I'm working on details! ⠀
#sponsor #dysonlightcycle #abrightervision⠀
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Thanks @Dyson for thinking of the night-time makers and upgrading my studio.

Tell me what this platform adds to your life below.⠀
Do you feel encouraged by Instagram? Find community, inspiration and purpose?⠀
Or do you ever feel bogged down by Instagram? Low morale, frustrated and disappointed? Perhaps both, depending on the day!⠀
I've been hearing many complaints by other makers, especially in my Facebook group, and I've felt them myself. When you find a community in this app and then feel like the algorithm is pushing you down and stopping your ability to connect, it can be so disappointing. ⠀
I've felt it, and let it get to me as well. I've had to step away, and I've been frustrated because I felt punished by the algorithm for being a semi-private person who refuses to devote my time sharing every aspect of my life and family with the app. It's not just me, right??⠀
PLEASE. Don't set the value of yourself or your work on the number of follows you have. Don't doubt your creativity because a post got less likes than usual. YOU are creative. You have GOOD ideas. You make BEAUTIFUL things. Do what you do, because it makes YOU happy. ⠀
Instead, think of this platform as a gift. Without it, we wouldn't have connected at all (and it IS still free!). No matter how frustrating it can be, I am grateful for the amazing makers that I have found and the others who have found me. When you shift your mindset, this platform can become a positive place, no matter what the algorithm does to make you feel down.⠀
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ONE TIP: if you are a weaver, I want to invite you to come on over and join my Facebook group (search: Welcome to Weaving). We are 7000 weavers of all levels, doing our best, showing our work and supporting each other. No matter how many followers you have on Instagram, we are here, waiting to cheer you on!⠀
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Now tell me, why do you continue to open this app and how can you make it more worthy of your time?⠀
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Don't you love finding inspiration that makes you second guess the possibilities of a craft you've been working with for over half a decade? I've felt honored watching the progress of modern weaving through this online community. Each person being inspired by the last, adding their own ideas and changing the 'would never work' thoughts to 'what if it did?'.⠀
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Every time @wanderingcoastcollective makes something new, it makes me fall in love with weaving all over again. ⠀
I've always thought that weaving and ceramics had a lot in common because weaving is so flexible to design with, much like the fiber version of clay, but this piece stopped me in my tracks and made me consider how much weaving and sketching have in common. ⠀
She challenges the only box that weaving is stuck in - being limited to the shape of your loom (square). I believe her when she says that her finished shapes take hours to remove from the loom.⠀
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What does this make you want to try next? Share below!⠀
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Lindsey

I made a goal to finish every project of my #monthlyweavingseries in a different way... and none of them with just plain fringe! ⠀
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There are SO MANY ways to finish a project for a tapestry. I love fringe, but wanted to help anyone in a creative rut to think outside of the box! May’s Pibione project (which I’ll be sending out again tonight, Incase you want to join!) includes a tutorial for these cute little wrapped tassels on the bottom. ⠀
Choosing a finishing technique that compliments the rest of the design has actually been one of the hardest parts about putting together a project each month, but I’m excited to see my weaving community wow the world with their unique takes on my prompts!⠀
Visit the link in my bio to join my Monthly Weaving Series for May to get a full project tutorial on Pibione, wrapped tassels, and a pillow tutorial.⠀
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DIY FRIDAY: Learn how to make the Blood Knot
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Like this post and follow me if you love this knot! It creates a barrel-knot look, using two colors, extending from opposite sides. Such a cool way to incorporate color into a piece, in the fringe or even as a color block design!
1. Place two strands so that they overlap
2. Pinch the center of the overlap and twist the tail on the right side clockwise around the other color, then around the front to tuck in between the center overlap.
3. Pinch the center of the overlap again and twist the tail on the left side clockwise around the other color, then around the back to tuck in between the center overlap.
4. Push the twists around both sides towards the center a bit and pull the extending colors straight to tighten everything.
5. Trim the tails from the center and you’re done!
Swipe left to see some examples of color mixing. The mustard and white in the center create a loop for a necklace!
Visit the link in my bio for my complete online video classes 😘
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One of my favorite makers and students has met some amazing milestones and invited me to join her giveaway to celebrate! Visit @marquisweaves to enter 😘
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🌿@hellohydrangea | your choice of a class! From beginner weaving to advanced techniques, there’s a class for everyone!
🌿@niromastudio | rad fiber bundle with 2 new leaf looms
🌿@marquisweaves | over a half pound of merino wool roving
🌿@camelliafibercompany | handspun weavers pack and hand dyed roving
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🎉Giveaway closes May 17th
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🌎Open worldwide, international winner will be responsible for shipping.
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So, yesterday I wove one of my favorite pieces of ALL TIME. Seriously! Over half a decade of weaving and I feel like I just found a new corner of the craft that has been waiting for me. 🤭✨
I can’t wait to share more about it because I did it as part of the monthly weaving series... which means there’s a full tutorial coming up soon! 🙌🏼❤️
That’s what I love about this challenge, which I started for myself and my weaving community in January.
Yes, I wanted to teach and inspire others to fall in love with weaving again (in case you feel like everyone’s pieces look the same and the same 4 techniques are all that are available), but I also wanted to give myself the responsibility to finally try all of the techniques and projects that have been in my head for years... waiting for a reason to come to fruition. This has been permission to make them happen and learn them well enough to turn around and teach them! 👯‍♀️
Sometimes (like today) it takes hours of work to realize I’m not doing it right or I need to film it in a different way that makes it as easy as possible to learn. Then I undo it all and begin again. When this happens, I’m doing it to try and teach others... but I learn so much, myself! 🤯😆
As I was weaving this new-favorite project today, my husband walked in and said ‘Whoa, is that too intense for a monthly project?’ Haha! Now don’t get scared. It might be detailed and technical but no, it’s not too intense!
One thing I’ve learned through this challenge is that taking on the advanced techniques are what help you learn. Many beginning students have actually asked me to teach the hard stuff because they know it will help them grow quickly. I get that! You’re ready to take it on!
Each month you blow me away with how you take my monthly tutorials and expand the prompts to be even more creative with your own twists.
There is so much to learn about this craft; not just about yarn and a loom, but about yourself and your abilities. You are stronger than you think and more creative than you know. Also, can I just say... I LOVE weaving and I love you all for loving it along with me! 🙌🏼
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