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Since I’ve become more known as a tablet weaver, I occasionally receive messages about weaving legacies that people wish to pass on to someone who wil

Those who’ve been following my weaving journey for a while, might know I’m a big fan of the homemade inklelooms by “jd”. Unfortunately, “jd” no longer

Twice a year, our group, which began in Wilhelminaoord in 2015, gathers together. Over the years, the composition has changed slightly, but the curren

In 2023, I made a very important decision. My passion for weaving, combined with a work-related burnout, led me to work as a professional weaver two d

Sometimes things don’t go as planned… You have a pattern, you’ve chosen your colors, and you’ve threaded your 60 tablets. In your pattern section, the

About a year ago I wrote about Woven Poem, a project by Marieke Gelissen. The question was if I could weave 24 lines of a poem to complete her woven b

In October last year I met Paulien Hopmans from Studio Hop at the Textiel Plus Festival. She showed some fantastic leather bags and organises workshop

For years I had been a member of pop choir Voicemail in Voorschoten. I especially liked to sing all the Christmas carols. My absolute favorite was “In