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...
Angela Kelly |
Gather Textiles Project Blog
The Campfire Collection
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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!...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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Meet the Team: Katelin Karbonik
We are so happy to have Katelin Karbonik as a member of the Gather Team! During her summer residency at Gather, Katelin is working away in the studio on various...
Alison Hurlburt |
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Introducing Gather’s Safe Studio Program
Introducing Gather’s Safe Studio Program Interpreted by Alexis De Villa Come join us on a process to evolve our studio into a more accessible space for our community here in...
Gather Textiles |
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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The Waffle Weave Guy: Collaboration with Bryce Wicks
One of the Gather team’s favourite activities is something we call ‘Show and Tell’. One of us will bring in a piece of recent weaving to pass around, both to...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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...
Alison Hurlburt |
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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....
Alison Hurlburt |
