Mary Godfrey
I love my 32 shaft dobby loom. It allows me to play with many variations of weave structures and patterns but it does have its limitations. Large curved shapes are nigh on impossible to achieve unless...
Mary Godfrey
[Picture] [Picture] Above: Part of the threading draft and lift plan, showing the interlacing of colours. Left: showing the three repeats across the warp width. Marian Stubenitsky’s book ‘Weaving with...
Mary Godfrey
Until recently, using a profile draft to design woven patterns was new to me. It took a bit of research to understand how to do it, in my case using Fiberworks weaving software, but once I had created...
Mary Godfrey
Although I originally trained as a woven fabric designer I had taken a 33 year break from weaving to do a very different career. Before I retired I’d made up my mind to return to weaving, and I was having...