Woven Art

Elena Vilar is the daughter and great-granddaughter of weavers. Influenced by her family's craft and impressed by how easily yarn could be made at home from old T-shirts and other materials, Elena taught herself to weave, and now not a day goes by when she isn't weaving. She decided to set up a blog, Deer Jane, to share her tips, tricks and ideas on-line, and she now has many followers from all over the world who admire her beautiful creations and gentle writing style. Elena lives in Nantes, France with her husband and daughter Jeanne. To find out more about Elena and her work, please visit her website, www.deer-jane.fr, where you can find links to her social media pages and her online shop on Etsy.

WHY WEAVE? 5



BEFORE YOU BEGIN 6

- Basic materials 8

- Choosing a loom 10

- The warp threads 12

- The choice of fibres 14

- Vegetable dye 16

- Making t-shirt yarn 18

- Pther tools and accessories 20

- Pompoms and tassels 22

- Making a cardboard loom 24

- Making a wooden loom 26

- Warping a rectangular loom 28

- Warping a circular loom 30

- A bit of technique 32



THE WEAVES 34

- First steps

-- Basic Weaving

-- Diagonal Cloud Weave

-- Weaving Shapes



- Simple weaves

-- Braided (Soumak) Weaves

-- Fringed Weaves

-- Embroidered Weaves

-- Weaving Using Bark

-- Circular Weaving

-- Weaving Without A Loom



- More ambitious projects

-- Macrame Cloud Weave

-- Hanging Vase

-- Woven Necklace

-- Woven Dream-Catcher

-- Woven Clutch Bag

-- Berber-Inspired Rug



AUTHOR'S THANKS 160