The regular workshops I give at the “Weefcollectief Fryslân” mean that I can frequently stay in hotel Lunia. When I’m not teaching, I settle into the hotel lounge with my inkle loom…
Author: Marieke
A publication in Little Looms!
For the magazine WEVEN of Weefnetwerk I interviewed Barbara Goudsmit, who was well known for her publications in Easy Weaving with Little Looms. Because I wanted to use a photo from that…
Braids 2022 in one band
A day after the Braids conference 2022 in Svendborg, Denmark, I am typing this blog fairly exhausted, but full of new knowledge and inspiration. What a great week!!! A meeting with many…
A new tutorial: the crossed warp technique
In the summer of 2017, I was able to purchase all editions of the Dutch Crafts Magazine “Hand-werken Zonder Grenzen”. In one of the editions, the crossed warp technique for a backstrap…
Woven poem
Sometimes beautiful things come your way. Such as a totally unexpected email from Marieke Gelissen, a visual artist from Amsterdam. For a project she wanted to combine a basket woven from wicker with…
A week at the Maastricht Institute of Arts
Mid-January Willemien Ippel of Crafts Council Nederland texted “Do you have time to teach at the Maastricht Art Institute for 3 days in April?” Art Institute? Me? A bit overwhelmed and after…
In relationship therapy with a rigid heddle
A long time ago I was called by Anneke Kersten if I wanted to be a teacher during Weaving International: a four-day weaving course for weavers from the Netherlands and Belgium. Each…
One year of dailies!
The last day of the year… A year ago I decided, just like Jennifer Williams, to weave for 15 minutes every day to finish all my UFOs. And I have done it!…
The Fred Mushkat collection
About two years ago, a new book on band weaving was about to appear one day after my birthday: Weavings of Nomads in Iran by Fred Mushkat and others. Getting a present…
How to cope with climate change?
Just like many other people I’m seriously concerned about the climate change: temperature reaches record highs, forest fires, floods, dryness… The most scary thing is; you really see it happening and there…
The Joop-group offline!
In January 2021 I started teaching an online weaving course with 9 participants. Soon two other group followed, but the first groups was the most active one. To identify which group I…
Design dilemma
Some time ago I received an email with picture of a historical band and the question whether I knew in which technique the band was made. It was a 3/1 broken twill…