#weaving is such a rewarding (if not expensive lollll) fiber pit to get into

[saltpixiefibercraft]

amy advice/resources for someone interested in learning to weave? i already knit but your gorgeous dishcloths make my fiber-loving self DROOLand i want more things to do with yarn

Knitting was how I got sucked into fiber craft so many years ago, and boy howdy what a vortex that was lol. I only started weaving around the middle of 2020 (I just got absolutely lost in the sauce and ended up with 2 floor looms and a table loom somehow up to now???), and I would love to share some of the stuff that definitely helped me as I guess worked my way through it all.

I started weaving on a 16" Ashford rigid heddle loom, and those are a great, somewhat cheaper option to start off with. I used a bunch of Kelly Casanova's courses to learn how to do it all, and a gratuitous amount of youtubing and googling. Another fun youtube resource Is Felicia Lo from SweetGeorgia who just has a lot of fun videos about weaving and weaving adjacent stuff.

For more floor loom related stuff, which is what I use to make my dishtowels, I cannot stress enough how much the Jane Stafford School Of Weaving means to me because oh my god. I was ready to scrap and sell my first floor loom simply due to tension issues but with those videos Saved That Loom (hint hint it was meeeee that was messing it up when I was putting my warp on the loom WHOOP) and her videos on color theory, how to plan warps, different forms of weave structure,,, it's all so amazing.

But yeah, as a yarn lover I have found weaving to be one of the most engaging, fun, enjoyable ways I've ever worked with yarn in. And there are soooo many ways to weave! Tapestry weaving, Inkle Looms, Tablet weaving.... I can't wait to dip my toes into working in those mediums, but my floor looms are my current babies.

[Also, hint from me about acquiring floor looms, I literally, in a fit of madness at 3am found myself on craigslist of all places and found my 4 shaft, 6 treadle Lilstina for 500$. I picked it up 2 days later in a stealth operation with my brother, whom was not told the nature of our mission. We got there and I just hear him look at the loom and groan. "You've made me an accomplice. Mom's gonna murder us BOTH" It was excellent. A solid sturdy loom to learn on.]

I will also link one of my favorite FB groups to look at for fiber equipment! The Weaver's Marketplace is a fantastic resource for finding used fiber equipment.