Moving studio and house to Richmond, Virginia next month! I am delighted to be making this change just now, returning to city life again, and still working as a weaver, textile designer, and teacher. I will be closing the online store down Nov. 1, 2021. When I am settled I will bring my shop back…
Author: akorotkystudio
All In!
All In! Is a many-colored wrap, or beach towel/skirt, depending on your whim. Rosepath weave, 100% cotton. 22 inches x 79 inches, rolled hem. Rosepath weave is reversible, as you can see in this first image. Machine wash, air dry. Easy living! $275. Buy now
Red Dart Wrap
A luscious wrap for your shoulders can be paired with a handwoven cotton sarong – see the next post! Red Dart is my hand painted cotton muslin wrap with an elegant crocheted edge. 15×72 inches. $99. Buy now
Juicy One
Juicy One is my first woven bath towel and the thirsty Huck weave is beautiful and useful. It’s woven in 100% cotton and is 29 inches by 58 inches, hemstitched on the loom. Wear it to the beach! Machine wash and hang up to dry. $145 Buy now
Small Things Add Up
In addition to the bits of warp yarns left on the loom after weaving, I often pull short lengths of yarn off my bobbins to free them up for re-use. Here you see them knotted together ready to be wound onto bobbins for weft on another weaving.
Zanshi Woven Work
Weaving with knotted leftover yarns brings delight and chaos and decisions! Sometimes I let pull the knots through the warp and show them off; other times I left them ride into the warp and clump and make bumps. After the piece is washed it all changes again.
Winding Leftover Knotted Yarn
6 For The Table is a set of napkins/placemats woven in canvas weave. The leftover warp yarns just off the loom are being knotted together and wound on a wooden rod into a center pull ball for use as weft in a new project.
Zero Waste and Zanshi
After I finished the 5 Kitchen Towels, I collected the bits of warp that remained and, tying the short threads together with knots, made a new ball of cotton yarn for weaving. Zanshi is a Japanese weaving practice using knotted bits of yarn for the weft in weaving.
Natural Linen Placemats/SOLD!
A place at your table! A set of four natural linen placemats handwoven in canvas weave. Texture, strength, beauty. Mats are hemmed and 16 inches x 25 inches. Machine wash on cold, hang to dry. $150 for the set.
White Gold Table Runner
Handwoven elegance. Designed in classic twill and basket weave, 100% cotton. 7 inches wide by 61 inches long. $200. Buy now