How I Became a Marguerite Porter Davison Fan
When we start weaving, we also start collecting: yarn, reeds, odds and ends, shuttles, bobbins, and of course books. My current weaving library is probably closing in on 100 books these...
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How I Became a Marguerite Porter Davison Fan
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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...
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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...
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Joyful Weaving on Rigid Heddle Looms: A Collaboration with Curly & Yarny
At Gather, we love collaborating with weavers and designers from all over. We are so pleased to feature a pattern from Curly & Yarny as part of our Campfire Collection!...
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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...
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Trying Rep Weave with our Table Runner Kit
You may not have heard the term “rep weave”, but you have almost certainly seen a piece of rep weave in person at some point in your life. Rep weave...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Designing Tea Towels: A Collaboration with Northside Girls
Our recent round of craft collaborations wouldn't have been complete without our long-time collaborators The Northside Girls! You’ve likely met Master Weaver Shannon Nelson if you’ve been into Gather’s studio....
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Dyeing for Weaving: Caroline Sommerfeld from Ancient Arts Yarn
Ancient Arts Yarn is an Albertan company that hand-dyes an incredible range of beautiful yarns. We’ve brought their Revival base into our store in two custom colours--a soft, sunshine yellow called...
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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...
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Patterns and Plants: A Collaboration with Megan Samms
Gather is absolutely thrilled to be featuring patterns from Megan Samms, a weaver, regenerative farmer and natural dyer in Katalisk Sipu (Cordroy Valley, Newfoundland). Through her business Live Textiles, Megan...
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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....
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Dyeing with Onion Skins: A Collaboration with Kalea Turner-Beckman
Kalea Turner-Beckman should be no stranger to anyone in the Edmonton knitting scene. A co-founder of the Alberta Yarn project and passionate natural dyer, she has been working to connect...
