Tapestry Weaving

Framing a woven tapestry presents a unique challenge with seemingly infinite possibilities. To start you on your framing journey, weaver Olga Owczarek has provided a collection of tips, tricks, and a few ideas to consider before diving into weaving.

As tapestry weavers, unless we are weaving free-form, we need to plan carefully and make a lot of decisions up front. That’s where sampling comes in. Sampling can take many forms and involve testing out the structure (warp and weft combinations), choosing colors, or fine-tuning with specific techniques. In this post, Kennita Tully touches on various methods of sampling.

Emily Wick shares her process of weaving gradients on a tapestry loom with Array, our 2/12 wool yarn. Learn how to make a small runner for your table with this technique—a great little project for beginners who want to learn how to blend colors in tapestry weaving.

Tommye shares an in-depth look at creating imagery with tapestry weaving, along with her experience using our Array Wool weaving yarn.

If you are looking to try out a new art form, or if you are a multi-shaft or rigid heddle weaver interested in exploring another facet of the weaving world, this blog post introduces the equipment and yarn you'll need to get started with tapestry weaving.