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A new collaboration!

Posted on March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Marieke

In October last year I met Paulien Hopmans from Studio Hop at the Textiel Plus Festival. She showed some fantastic leather bags and organises workshops in making them. Since learning how to work with leather to finish off my bands is on my bucket list, I went to her and asked for more information. Not entirely coincidentally I had a band with me as an example….

Paulien saw the band and was immediately enthusiastic; she had often thought that it would be nice to have a range of hand-woven straps with her leather bags. An appointment was quickly made: at the beginning of December I visited Tilburg to see her studio and to discuss some more details. And we decided to give it a try.


It was great fun to notice how this completely different setting triggered my creativity. Firstly, weaving the bands shouldn’t take too long, so I selected some simple techniques that still give a great result. Secondly, they have to match the colors of leather that Paulien has. And thirdly, and that was the best part, it’s not just about what I like anymore, but what others would potentially like. And that turned out to give me so much more psychological freedom in making designs! I combine different colors than I usually do. I made an asymmetrical designs (which I find very uncomfortable). So give me limitations and I will deal with it.


At the end of January I went to Studio Hop again with the first six bands. Paulien made a wonderful example of a bag with a woven band. Two weeks later I received an app: the first three have been sold! Another week later a fourth one was used for a bag and a little later a request came to make a strap in black and cobalt blue.


So after this very successful experiment we decided to continue our collaboration! And which band was sold first? The asymmetric one 🙂

The first three bags (pictures by Paulien Hopmans)

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Marieke Kranenburg

dutchinkleweaver

Passionate about inkle weaving and tablet weaving. Designer of weaving patterns and teacher. See my website for blogs, tutorials and patterns.

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#tabletweaving #ravensburger_puzzle #cardweaving #twill
I often get the question when a band is “good” I often get the question when a band is “good”, but my answer is always vague: everyone has their own hand of weaving. And here you see it. Two good weavers, @marionverloop and me, under exactly the same conditions: woven on the same warp, with cold hands, with the same weft thread, on the same loom. And you see the difference. I beat more firmly and my band is 4.1 cm wide. Marion beats less firm and her band is slightly narrower (3.9 cm). The big question: which band is good?

Pattern: sample band of @lojanwheelsandlooms Inkeltje, included in the manual 

#inkleweaving #inkleloom #bandweaving
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After my talk on connections between math and weaving, visitors could try weaving themselves during the walk-in workshop. And wow! So many kids (and adults!) tried tablet weaving, inkle weaving, and rigid heddle weaving.

Huge thanks to the Mathfest team for the organization — it was a great day!

#MathFest #WeavingAndMath #tabletweaving #inkleloom #RigidHeddle
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#tabletweaving #cardweaving #oudeambachten
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#bandweaving #tabletweaving #exchange
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So this is Inkeltje, the smaller inkleloom by @loj So this is Inkeltje, the smaller inkleloom by @lojanwheelsandlooms . I’m testing it for tablet weaving and I love it! 

It fits on your lap. 

You can remove the upper front peg, giving you more  space and to avoid twist you have to flip your border tablets less frequently. 

And Lojan introduced the Tiny Tablets last week: 5x5 cm (2x2 inches): firm and smooth!

Last but not least: the cool yellow shuttle! 

#tabletweaving #inkleloom #cardweaving #brikkevev #inkleweaving
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#doubleweave #bandweaving #inkleweaving
The library in Barneveld organized a crafts day. M The library in Barneveld organized a crafts day. Many visitors haven’t heard of band weaving and I love to show them the beauty of this craft. Marion Verloop gave a demonstration during the market and in the adternoon I gave a workshop tablet weaving. @lojanwheelsandlooms Inkeltje got company from Pinkeltje, made by Marion . Thanks for organizing @bibliotheekbarneveld and thanks for the nice day @marionverloop ! 

#bandweaving #tabletweaving #handwoven
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#intermesh #weaving
Trying to get my head around intermesh. Think I ma Trying to get my head around intermesh. Think I managed it! 
#bandweaving #intermesh #loueterica #inkleweaving
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Great day, this is why I love to teach! 

#tabletweaving #4colorpebble #pebbleweave #cardweaving
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#324thesequelsal #embroidery #stitching #embroideryart
For all inkle and tabletweavers in the Netherlands For all inkle and tabletweavers in the Netherlands and Belgium! 

Met de jaarwisseling in beeld is het ook weer tijd voor de aftrap van de Winter-Banden-Wissel 2025! De jaarlijkse ‘bandenruil’, waarbij je als deelnemer een stukje band weeft voor een ander en zelf ook een band krijgt. Met als thema “dat ene patroon”. Met als doel om een mooie lijst van websites en boeken te krijgen van alle wevers die meedoen en die weer als inspiratie kan dienen voor nog veel meer wevers. Laten we er met z’n allen een creatieve start van 2025 van maken! 
Inschrijven kan t/m 21 januari 2025 via mijn website: https://www.bandweefblog.nl/winter-banden-wissel-2025/ 

#winterbandenwissel2025
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#stitching #embroidery #workinprogress
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@ottolenghi #weaving #adayinthekitchen
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#weefnetwerk #weef!2024 #weaving  #handwoven
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