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Handwoven Textiles

My goal as a handweaver is interesting cloth: layered, rich, unusual cloth that engages the senses, cloth that industry can't produce. I weave one-of-a-kind items or small production runs of five or fewer similar—but not identical—pieces using natural fibers. Although most of my work consists of scarves, wraps, or shawls, I sometimes weave household articles such as afghans, throws, table lines, and yardage for tailoring.

Three Springs Handworks — happily weaving the cloth that industry can't.

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Three areas of weaving are particular passions of mine:

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Multilayer cloth, in which the layers exchange places to form the design, are a game of “who’s on top?”

bullet Complex designs woven in lustrous, hand-dyed fine threads fascinate me.
bulletTextured cloth, in which the surface is distorted into pleats, bumps, crinkles, and ridges, can be created in many ways, and I’ve played with most of them.
bulletSince color is such an important part of what makes cloth interesting, I do much of my own dyework, using either vegetable dyes or synthetic dyes. Sometimes, rather than dye yarn to weave with, I just play in the dyepot with commercial cloth.

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Last Updated on August 12, 2008