The workshop featured the process of yarn-making and weaving from sheep to lap loom. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune The students worked busily, enjoying their tasks.

"Textiles have been important to me, and weaving was just another way to use fibers," explains the Dearborn resident, who now teaches rigid heddle weaving at Michigan Fine Yarns in Livonia.

We will show you the best techniques for weaving yarn, threading beads, and finishing your scrunchie for a polished, professional result.Crafting your own beaded scrunchie offers you the chance to ...

Weave yarn and/or nature finds in and out of the strings. When done, tie a string hanger to the top around a loom stick and display in a window or on your front door.

Learning from her mother how to use a sewing machine as a child, fiber artist Esther Rodgers got her start in textiles, she said, “making patchwork clothes and selling them at Phish concerts and on ...

Crochet craze: How to weave the Seventies look into your summer wardrobe The hippy-dippy fabric is a massive trend this season, says Katie Wright.