The Zen of Weaving

I taught myself how to weave four years ago, when I started at my current teaching job. It was an art project that was already in place as a part of the High School curriculum and I had to learn it in order to teach it to my students. Somehow, I had never learned before, not unless you count those finger-potholder- thingys everyone makes as a kid.

As I was working on teaching myself how to weave, I became hooked on the process. I tend to be drawn to repetitive, meditative type art methods, probably because it helps calm my anxiety prone mind. 

I like to use twigs to hang my tapestries on, I have a lot of them around that have fallen from the Oak trees in my yard. They are free, repurposed, and look cool. 

As you can see, I weave on a very simple cardboard loom, which I made myself. This is the way I teach my students how to weave. Eventually, I will buy myself a loom, but for now, this works great, and it is portable too! 

If you are interested in learning how to weave, You Tube is a great place to find tutorials, and of course Pinterest. I get tons of great ideas from Pinterest.