Gather Textiles Weaving Blog

  • The Campfire Collection

    The Campfire Collection

    The colder it gets outside, the more pleasure there is in bundling up in a blanket and warming your hands by the fire. There’s a level of warmth and comfort...

  • Pebble Pillows: A Pattern from Amanda Rataj

    Pebble Pillows: A Pattern from Amanda Rataj

    Our new Campfire collection features designs from many Canadian weaving designers, including Amanda Rataj. Amanda is a working artist and weaver whose explorations of weave structure are a joy to...

  • Exploring Double Weave

    Exploring Double Weave

    Today we’re talking about double weave: the structure that is on every new weaver’s bucket list! It’s easy to see why double weave captures weavers’ imaginations. In double weave, you...

  • Summer & Winter Table Runner

    Summer & Winter Table Runner

    It’s amazing what complex designs you can build from the simplest components. All of the incredible things we can do with our computers come down to a simple binary code...

  • Crackle Towels

    Crackle Towels

    With a pop of vintage green, a floral motif, and a wonderfully nubbly texture, this hand towel feels like a treasure you discovered in the bathroom of a perfectly quaint...

  • The Wonderful World of Waffle Weave

    The Wonderful World of Waffle Weave

    In many ways, waffle weave is a delightfully straightforward weave structure. It is well-suited to four-shaft weaving, and uses a simple point twill threading. It gets its name from the...

  • Ripples Rigid Heddle Scarf Pattern

    Ripples Rigid Heddle Scarf Pattern

    Introducing our newest kit for rigid heddle loom weavers: the Ripples Rigid Heddle Scarf. Wrapping yourself up in a cozy scarf on a chilly day is such a simple but...

  • Weaving for Knitters

    Weaving for Knitters

    Let me tell you a secret about weavers: we are all knitters. Or at least former knitters, for the most part. Weaving is usually at least someone’s second or third...

  • Hand Laboratory Collaboration

    Hand Laboratory Collaboration

    Gather’s collaboration with Hand Laboratory started very simply: “Kim got in touch and said we like what you do, do you want to make something for Gather?” Victoria Sanchez remembers....