MAINE VILLAGE WEAVER

www.mainevillageweaver.Etsy.com Keeping yourself busy or children busy can be a new challenge for some folks  Being a Weaver I found this type of activity engaging and fun  While being productive  Children love new things and we have come very far from our ancestral roots where this was an everyday activity  If you wanted socks you knitted socks  Potholders were always woven at home by young folks to be given as gifts  I can remember this as a summer activity  The neighborhood girls of all ages would sit and weave potholders  I always envied the older girls cause they knew how to make checks and plaids with the loops  I could only make multi colored potholders  Still that was how we all kept busy during those hot summer days  You can only put together so many puzzles during this time at home  Try making a potholder   You’ll get hooked 

 At the end of the Civil War , their was decided to have a “Truce “ which happened at Appomattox, Va  Here is my replica of the simple flag that was waved,  Carried  by James Longstreet , on the end of a tree branch . Just a hand woven hand towel cut in half !  Ive taken the liberty to hem the top so a rod can be slipped through .  Ready for shipping in my Etsy shop  https://www.etsy.com/listing/725165731/truce-flag-american-civil-war?ref=listings_manager_grid T ruce flag  https://www.etsy.com/listing/725165731/truce-flag-american-civil-war?ref=listings_manager_grid

 Here is a recent railing installed in Boothbay Harbor , Maine  Hand forged iron with glass balls that are called Japanese Fishermen Floats  These are old thick glass balls that are hand blown glass  Glass ball railing Installed in Boothbay Harbor Maine 2020 Hand forged by Scottish Lion Wrought Iron 

In my Etsy shop I have cotton weaving yarn www.mainevillageweaver.etsy.com If you want to know more scroll down This yarn is awesome . You can warp your loom with it , weave it across as the weft , make towels ,rugs , and use in tapestry weaving . Washes great and gets softer with use . My all time favorite and I have some to share in my Etsy shop  www.mainevillageweaver.etsy.com  www.mainevillageweaver.etsy.com

This is a lovely kit to begin learning to weave! Creating a potholder as a child was how I began my weaving career Everything is included in this kit  You can purchase it in my Etsy shop Potholder loom kit Share with a friend or grandchild  Leave a comment below 

Iron tile holder  This is a hand forged iron Shaped to hold a 6 inch tile on the wall Held up with two screws Decorative tile in the holder  Available in my Etsy shop click link  https://www.etsy.com/listing/783984472/tile-holder-iron-wall-hanging-custom?ref=listings_manager_grid

Weaving is a daily activity here at our workshop / home. It all began when my husband was away 4 months at a time fishing in Alaska. We lived in the Seattle area and weaving back in the 1970’s was resurgeing in popularity . I think Handwoven magazine got its start back then . So now Handwoven magazine has come out with an article called Weaving as meditation. I have to say “Yes” that’s it ! It is something I feel compelled to do every day . Now I can point to this article which explains how I feel while weaving . I also think that in this lies some connections to our past . Weavers back in time during all sorts of hardships and struggles found peace in the reassurance of a pattern that they could count on when life was in turmoil. I think of women here living in Maine who’s husbands went to sea for years . Many houses here have a “Widows Walk “ on top of their homes that was used to watch for their return . I know that same feeling . My husband took me up to Alaska for a “season” o...