Osterøy Museum, Hordaland, Norway. A while back we did a post on varafeldir by Hildur Hákonardóttir which is the Icelandic term for pile weaving. In Norway it is known as the same thing, varafeld. It is unclear where this technique originated but evidence suggests remote origins in the Mediterranean where to this day, various types of…
Tag: looms
Warping a warp weighted loom
In December 2015 a good friend gave me her old warp weighted loom, these photos document the adventure of learning to set it up, warp it, and weave with it.
Northern Women Arts Collaborative 