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Have you heard of Bohus Stickning? I had not until several months ago while I was listening to an episode of the Fruity Knitting podcast. The following week, I heard the name again when I participated in an online knitting workshop called “Virtual Tour to Sweden”. Bohus Stickning is a delightful style that I thought you might enjoy hearing about.
The blog has been a little silent for several months, but with good reason. I’ve been designing, writing, formatting, editing, and proofing my new book Krokbragd Patterns. It’s finished! My author copy arrives on April 1 (no fooling), and if all looks good, I’ll hit the publish button for April 7!
Just a little update with snippets of news about ‘Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave’.
As the dawn of 2018 breaks, I thought I would share some of my thoughts and plans for Flora & Fiber.
In previous posts, I've extolled my love of Scandinavian woven textiles; their simplicity of design, their colors, the variety of pattern motifs, and just the pleasure I find in weaving them.
Today is another Scandanavian technique, this time from Norway, called Krokbragd.
This is Part 2 of Swedish Art Weave. In Part 1, I shared the tote bag I made with a sampler of the various techniques. Today's post provides a closer look at each of those techniques.
In my July post about Telemarksteppe (another Scandinavian weave), I wrote that I would be attending the MAFA (Mid Atlantic Fiber Association) conference and taking a 4 day workshop on Swedish Art Weaves with Joanne Hall.
I will be sharing what I learned in a two-part series. In today's post, I'll start with a finished project.
I'm intrigued by Scandinavian woven textiles. I like their bright colors, their motifs and patterns, the intricacies of their weaving with frequent color changes.
I also love the charming names of their weaving techniques - dukagång (an inlay technque), krokbragd (a bound weave pattern), halvdrall (a Swedish block weave), krabba (another inlay technique), and rya (a pile weave).
