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Amy D. McKnight, Creative Weaver, Simple Looms
Amy D. McKnight, Creative Weaver, Simple Looms
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Jul 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Amy D. McKnight weaves not only doubleweave but point twill on a rigid-heddle loom, prefers a hybrid method of direct and indirect warping for long but efficient warps, and uses weaving software (usually a tool for 4+ shaft weaving) to plan her projects.
It's not just pushing a simple loom to do more complex weaving, it's also bringing a love of weaving to completely new audiences. She created a plan for the Common Threads Loom, a versatile pin loom/potholder loom/diagonal-weaving loom that anyone can make with simple office supplies, and she offers it as a free download on her site. Having created a rich weaving course that she offered for subscribers, she decided that keeping the information behind a paywall wasn't for her—and recently posted it to watch freely at YouTube.
Amy D. McKnight calls herself a motivational, inspirational weaver, and you will, too.
It's not just pushing a simple loom to do more complex weaving, it's also bringing a love of weaving to completely new audiences. She created a plan for the Common Threads Loom, a versatile pin loom/potholder loom/diagonal-weaving loom that anyone can make with simple office supplies, and she offers it as a free download on her site. Having created a rich weaving course that she offered for subscribers, she decided that keeping the information behind a paywall wasn't for her—and recently posted it to watch freely at YouTube.
Amy D. McKnight calls herself a motivational, inspirational weaver, and you will, too.
Released:
Jul 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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