Inkle Weaving

On Wednesday, a person from Canada asked me for a rush order for 9 inkle woven belts. I had a couple of them on hand listed in my etsy shop, but he wanted several with this bar pattern in certain colors. I wove until midnight and then woke up early on Thursday to finish.

This person sent me the exact description of what he wanted. English is not his first language. I wrote back exactly what I understood that he wanted so I would be able to give him the right merchandise. He agreed to what I wrote.

After I had woven these three belts, I sent him this photo.  He said, "No! I don't want brown, I want black and orange." I took a deep breath and started fresh with the colors he really wanted.

After the order was sent out, I took the ones he didn't want and a couple I had made just for fun on the days preceding this order, photographed them and posted them on etsy. So nothing was lost and, hopefully, something will be gained.

If you want to see the ones I posted, click here:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AvidYarnArtist?ref=shop_sugg

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi

My Shop Is Open for Business

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AvidYarnArtist

Here's the link to my shop. So far I've only listed a few of my inkle woven belts. I have many more to list and many ideas of more projects and patterns to post on the shop.

Please click on the link and see what I've been doing with my "spare time".

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi Linz

Selling My Crafts

I'm about to start selling my weaving, crocheting, and crochet patterns on etsy.com. I've started setting up my "store" but haven't listed anything yet. Hopefully, I'll do the photographing and posting in the next couple of days. At the moment, I have 53 inkle woven bands ready to sell. I'm trying to figure out the best way to photograph my work so people will want to buy it.

When I start posting my handiwork, I'll post the web address for you to see what I've been up to lately. I'm allowed to change the name of the store until I start listing items. I think I've changed it 4 times so far. At the moment, I'm calling it AvidYarnArtist. For now, here is a picture of one of the bands.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi

Inkle Weaving

Now that crochet season is past, I'm mostly trying to keep up with the yard. But in between mowings and weedings, I'm making some bands and sashes on the inkle loom my brother made for me.

Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate:

I haven't figured out how to do the fancy patterns yet, but even the simple ones have an infinity variety of color variations.

I'll post pictures of some of my recent work in my next blog post. I'm thinking of selling some of them at the 4th Saturday Farmers' Market when crafters are welcome to set up a table.

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi

Some of My Inkle Weaving

My brother John made me an inkle loom.  I've been practicing weaving belts and bands on it.  Here's some of my work.

I'm going to try to make enough bands and belts so that I can set up a booth at one of the next farmers' markets.  The fourth Saturday each month is open to people who do handcrafts.

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi