Karen Donde weaves wearables and home textiles for exhibit and teaches beginning-advanced weaving, in-person and online. Conference teaching includes HGA’s Convergence, Northern California Handweavers, MAFA, Midwest Weavers, Intermountain Weavers, NEWS, Contemporary Handweavers of Texas and Florida Tropical Weavers. She shared a weaving studio in Asheville, NC, for five years, and offers occasional private lessons in her home. Karen is CW Past President, a member of Cross Country Weavers and the Southern Highland Craft Guild and a graduate of Haywood Community College’s fiber program. With a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, she now writes for and about weavers.
My Twills Are in a Twist: Braided, Plaited,Turned & Corkscrew
Take a double two-tie threading with pattern shafts in twill order. Weave it as any number of braided or plaited twills, fancy twills and even turned Beiderwand variations. Now put a twist on turned twill blocks with plaited twill designs, and then venture into corkscrew/manifold twills. All on one threading. A Beiderwand workshop sample woven 14 years ago continues to inspire personal growth, puzzle solving and eureka moments. Karen shares a story of one twisty adventure.
This session will be captured for the Weavers Handshake, CW’s online, on-demand learning platform.
