I really love this tea towel I’ve started weaving in a group project with the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #floorloom

First project of 2026! Ocean Sunrise Scarf, pattern by Gala McCurdy, Little Looms magazine Fall 2024. Also my first attempt at putting beads into my fringe. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #beading

Some of my favorite crafts projects of 2025- Part 1. 1) Hand towels woven with a Star Trek inspired tartan. 2) Helped crochet poppies for Remembrance Day memorial. 3) Fauxsaic made in Procreate. 4) Maple Leaf mosaic crochet scarf. #craftsky #weaving #procreate #crochet #mosaiccrochet

Today I started the Ocean Sunrise scarf, pattern by Gala McCurdy (Little Looms Fall 2024). I tried this scarf earlier in the year, but the center warp yarn I used was thicker than the sides, and it didn’t work, so I’ve wanted to try it again. #craftsky #weaving #weavingscarf #claspedweft

Really like how this scarf is turning out. Mosaic crochet is so much fun. Pattern is Proteus by Crochet With May. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #crochetwithmay

Saturday I taught a class making quilted ornaments at the Burr House in Richmond Hill. They are fun to make and look so elegant. I like learning new patterns and especially learned a lot from The Ornament Girl. I took her advanced ornaments in to show the class. #craftsky #ornaments #quilting

First fully finished mosaic crochet project, a maple leaf, pattern by Olena Osaka. Not perfect, but very fun to do! Already starting a new pattern on another scarf. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #mapleleaf

Working to teach myself mosaic crochet using yarn in my stash. I may make this first piece into a pillow after making a couple of pattern repeats. Pattern by Cats-Rockin-Crochet. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet

A “Fauxsaic” I made earlier in the week in the Procreate art program. Fauxsaic technique by Abby Nurse. Go, Jays, Go! #procreate #fauxsaic #digitalart #bluejay #torontobluejays

A “Fauxsaic” I did earlier in the week using the Procreate art program. Technique by Abby Nurse. #craftsky #procreate #fauxsaic #halloween

When a fav fandom meets a fav craft. Early in September I found a Star Trek inspired (see the colours of the three original uniforms?) tartan pattern online and I was inspired to weave hand towels. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #tartan

Hand towels woven from a Star Trek inspired tartan I saw online. It includes all the colours of the original series uniforms, plus the background dark blue. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #weavinghandtowels

I taught a friend yesterday how to do a log cabin weave on her rigid heddle loom. Pleased with how it’s turning out. Interesting teaching all the steps. She’s making a four foot table runner with 4/8 cotton. #craftsky #weaving #weavinglogcabin #rigidheddleloom

Finished Gingham Log Cabin cotton scarf on the rigid heddle loom. Pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavinglogcabin

Working on Log Cabin Gingham Style scarf, pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #logcabinweaving #celticknot

Ended up crocheting fifty poppies to take in to the weavers guild today. We are going to put all our poppies together as part of a legion project in Mississauga, where a poppy art piece will be put together for Remembrance Day. #craftsky #crochet #crochetpoppies #poppies #remembranceday

A bunch of coasters woven on the rigid heddle loom. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #wovencoasters #coasters

More rigid heddle loom coasters using a houndstooth warping and then playing with variations. We’re going to develop these coasters into a class. #skycraft #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingcoasters

A set of woven coasters I made from the left-over warp of the houndstooth hand towels that I wove. I added some cork backing. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #coasters

Working on some houndstooth hand towels on the rigid heddle loom using four shades of blue 2/8 cotton. #skycraft #rigidheddleloom #weaving #weavinghoundstooth

I’ve been practising hand-manipulating techniques on the rigid heddle loom using an online class by Kelly Casanova and came up with this cotton scarf that is a combination of Mexican lace and plain weave. #craftsky #weaving #leno #mexicanlace

Continuing to crochet poppies for Legion 101 in Etobicoke in Toronto, who are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. They are putting up a special art project in November for Remembrance Day with thousands of crocheted poppies. I’ve crocheted about fifty so far. #craftsky #crochet #poppies

Finished woven tea towel from a weavers guild group project I was part of at the Burr House. We put on enough warp for eight tea towels and we all wove one. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #floorloom

Garden Path Scarf- pattern by Kelly Casanova, using the silk/linen yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #weavingscarf #rigidheddleloom

Practising Brook’s Bouquet on rigid heddle loom. Pattern: Garden Path Scarf by Kelly Casanova. Using linen/silk yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #brooksbouquet

Beginner rigid heddle loom class I co-taught at the Burr House in Richmond Hill yesterday. Always fun to see how the colourful scarves turn out and how the students react to making their first woven project. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #richmondhillontario

Another modified gamp pattern from the Penny Candy Gamp Scarf by Sara Bixler. Also my first time using a 15 ct. heddle. This #3 crochet cotton works pretty well, but I need to try other thin yarns. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom

Walking with John this morning on the Humber Valley Heritage Trail. #hikingontario #hiking #humbervalleyheritagetrail

I love weaving a gamp (a grid woven study of colour and threading) and this one is particularly fun. It’s the “Penny Candy Gamp Scarf”, pattern by Sara Bixler. #craftsky #weaving #gamp #sarabixler #rigidheddleloom

I’ve wanted to try Doubleweave on the rigid heddle loom, where you can weave two woven pieces at once attached on one side to open up twice as big. Thanks to “Magpie and Molly” for the excellent YouTube Tutorials. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #doubleweave

Demo Day Eve! Setting up a rigid heddle loom project for doing weaving demos at the Burr House with the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild for tomorrow’s Doors Open here in Richmond Hill. #craftsky #weaving #richmondhill #doorsopen

I’m part of a tea towel group project weaving on a counter-balance floor loom at our guild hall. Today was my turn to start weaving my tea towel using a zig zag twill pattern. Aiming to get it finished by early next week. 10” of 36” done today. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels

Working on “Log Cabin Gingham Style Scarf”- pattern by The Rogue Weaver. Love the log cabin style knots. The black yarn is bamboo and the green/aquamarine yarn is tencel, giving it a nice sheen. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavinglogcabin

The embroidery company Poignet Amour in France organizes group cross-stitch animation videos, where cross-stitchers are invited to stitch one frame of the animation and hundreds of stitchers work to create the animation together. Here’s my frame! A bouncing star! #craftsky #embroidery #animation

Like how this weaving is turning out. The weft is two shades of purple 2/8 cotton. I’ll be cutting and sewing it into my first piece of woven clothing (a vest) when it’s done. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingvest

Leading weaving demonstrations on the rigid heddle loom yesterday at the Richmond Hill Maple Syrup Festival. We also had guild members demonstrating spinning, knitting, and crochet. Photo by Michelle Z.. #craftsky #weaving #spinning #richmondhillontario

I liked this activity the Potters Guild had at the Richmond Hill Maple Syrup Festival yesterday. They made a whole bunch of plaster of Paris letters spelling Canada and left them at their table with a bunch of markers for kids and adults to draw on and colour. #craftsky #canada #drawing

All set to head to the Richmond Hill Maple Syrup Festival tomorrow. I’ll be doing rigid heddle loom demos from 10 ‘til 3 at the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild booth. #craftsky #weaving

Really like how this warp turned out using wool/nylon yarn. Going to try to make Lois Weaver’s Origami Jacket, my first piece of clothing on the loom. Definitely a learning curve. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom

Veteran Legion 101 in Etobicoke in Toronto are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year, so they are preparing a special poppy installation for Remembrance Day in November. Our weavers guild are among the crafters crocheting poppies to use. I’ve made these so far. #craftsky # crochet #poppies

Looking back- A log cabin patterned table runner in 4/8 cotton on the rigid heddle loom. This was one of my earliest projects beyond plain weave and pick-up sticks. Log cabin is fiddily to warp, but fun to weave. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom

Finished tea towels off the rigid heddle loom. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #rigidheddleloom

Stitching a blackwork maple leaf on a black shirt. 🇨🇦 #craftsky #embroidery #blackwork #crosstitch #canada #elbowsup

Second tea towel for my sister’s new apartment. Since the first tea towel was mainly red she decided to choose turquoise as the main colour for the second tea towel. I chose to go plaid for this towel. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom

Yesterday I was the Burr House rigid heddle loom teacher, today I was back as a student! I’m part of a beginner floor loom group learning on a counter-balance floor loom. We were practising and sampling twill patterns today and will be making tea towels in the weeks to come. #craftsky #weaving

Co-teaching a beginner rigid heddle loom class yesterday for the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild at the Burr House in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Our five students loved their hand-woven scarves! #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #richmondhill

Starting to weave a set of cotton tea towels for my sister’s new apartment. She asked for crimson, dark green, and turquoise. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingteatowels

Finished my first overlay sampler on the rigid heddle loom- photo of both sides. Really enjoyed doing it, despite it being a slow and precise procedure. I’m going to try making a scarf later in the year. Pattern adapted from the book “Crazy Shot” by Myra Wood. #craftsky #weaving #overshotweaving

First attempt at overshot weaving on the rigid heddle loom. Pattern from the book “Crazy Shot!” by Myra Wood. #weaving #craftsky #rigidheddleloom

More snow-dying! #1- snow on yarn with sprinkled dye on top. #2- Snow melted and dying yarn. #3- Washed yarn hung to dry. #4- Finished yarn ready to wind into cakes. Learning more each time I do this. #craftsky #weaving #yarndying #snowdying