Lisa Rayner Handwovens

Plum purple shawl and knitted hat to match. Diamonds in aqua, fuchsia, plum yarns. Photo of upper body. Lighter skinned person with glasses. Purple oyster shell silver butterfly necklace with turquoise heishi beads.

Diamond twill handwoven shawl, #8Shaft, handspun in warp, recycled sweater yarn for weft (I used my spinning wheel) 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #twill #handspunYarn #recycle #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail
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My book Freeform Overshot for Beginners describes how to create large scale pick up designs with or without tabby.

I use weaving software with a 64-end (“shaft”) threading (1-64 diagonal) and a liftplan format. I create designs in the drawdown.

My very first project was a stream-of-consciousness spirals project, my Mermaid Scarf.

It’s only one layer, just like shaft loom twills.

A dark grape jelly purple diamond twill pattern on a wide scarf width lavender warp. On a little wooden rigid heddle loom. Saori plain weave underneath the pattern. Top down view.

Saori freeform twill pick up pattern. Handwoven with chunky yarn in 2:1/1:2 twills for short weft floats 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #overshot 🧶 #twill #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #art #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail
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A bright magenta long scarf folded twice over a turquoise painted wooden fence. One very thick handspun yarn with turquoise and purple chunky supercoiled blumps stands out.

An art yarn handspun, hand dyed, handwoven scarf. Custom sheds for the handspun supercoils to make them pop out 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #Art 🧶 #slowfashion #RigidHeddleWeaving #Craftivism #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail #Artivism

So, they are not from Indigenous art pieces. They’re old money now sold for bead artists.

The beads were currency. Some was worn, of course, but whole strands of beads have been traded and sold for a long time. Many bead shops, including online, have such bead strands for sale, as well as single or multiple beads. They’re everywhere and impossible to trace at this point.

Antique African Trade Beads | Venetian & Millefiori Beads Discover antique African trade beads, including Venetian lampwork, Millefiori, and other rare handmade glass beads. A rich history in every piece.

And, yes, there is a connection to the slave trade with these beads that were made in places like Bohemia and Venice: www.tribalgh.com/collections/...

Antique beads traded in Africa in the 1800s, mostly. The red translucent faceted bead is a vaseline/uranium trade bead. Vaseline for the shiny look, uranium because some of these beads are slightly radioactive and black light sensitive. A number of other glass styles were popular trade beads.

I would buy it!

Thank you!

Slanted view of a large wooden floor loom with a grape jelly purple fabric being woven on it. The pattern looks very complex, a wavy X-styled pattern with moire effects. In the background is a tuxedo kitty with white paws and a white goatee chin on a chair.

Eight shaft advancing snowflake twill, handwoven with my handspun cotton weft. The weaving shuttle is designed for a charkha spindle 💜 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven 🧶 #slowfashion #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail #handspunYarn
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Lilac book cover Simple Freeform Twills For Thick Yarn. Lilac/lavender yarn photo background with nine black and white pixelated charts of complex diamonds, zigzags and herringbone twills.

My newest collection of pick up weaving patterns. Geometric motifs of 2:2, 2:1 & 1:2 twills for short floats with chunky yarn 🌀 #Weaving #twill #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #HandWoven #Artivism #LoomWeaving 🧶 #RigidHeddleWeaving #Craftivism #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail

A wide, long chunky gray scarf streaked with rainbow colors wrapped once around my neck. Coiled handspun yarns periodically stick out the sides and fringe, giving the scarf a somewhat wild look. Gray matching knit hat with a pom pom and a rainbow zebra for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

A chunky handwoven wool art scarf, hand dyed yarn. Lisa Rayner Handwovens is your place for wearable art books & patterns 🌀🦓 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven 🧶 #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #RigidHeddleWeaving #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall
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A black cat lounges on a beige carpet next to lavender speckled yarn on a wooden warping board

Warping is more fun when done with a friend. Lavender wool freeform overshot ruana in progress 🐈‍⬛ #FelineFriday #Caturday #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieRetail
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Beautiful natural rainbow!

A farmer’s market, colorful fabrics under gray skies. I’m wearing a blue vertical striped kimono-inspired coat made from quilting fabric. Purple knit hat, dark plum purple pants and top. Mixed Balkan person with glasses.

Shop small from people who share your values 🌀 Creative pick up weaving patterns for all looms. Weaving & sustainable living books. The income supplements my SSDI 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️♾️ #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #IndieRetail #LoomWeaving 🧶 #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #Artivism #Craftivism

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I have, but I am disabled. I don’t travel much. It would have to be worth it financially. Also, I can’t do full day workshops. Longer than three hours would have to split into two days.

A brunette graying mixed Balkan person with a buzz cut and glasses wearing a striking colorful handwoven scarf with peace symbols in a rainbow of eight hues on a navy background, navy top and pants.

WEFT Magazine returned my freeform overshot scarf A
Rainbow Peace after photographing it. My article & chart > 2026 TWILL issue. Read Freeform Overshot for Beginners ☮️ #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #RigidHeddleWeaving
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I live in San Diego. Where can I sign the petition locally?

Dark plum/eggplant, navy blue.

Wet felted African daisies hand sewn on a thrift store jacket. I dyed some of the wool roving in cochineal to create red-purples 🌀 #color #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #felting 🧶 #slowfashion #WetFelting #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail
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A vibrant magenta-fuchsia petaled daisy with a dark plum-purple center surrounded by green leaves. Water droplets heighten the 3D vibrancy and look almost unreal. Lisa Rayner Handwovens. Nature is my muse 🌿

An African daisy (Osteospermum) spotted on a neighborhood walk yesterday. The 🩷 fuchsia-magenta-plum-purple 💜 spectrum captures my some of my favorite colors. The water droplets are from a rainstorm the previous night ☔️ Another storm arrives tonight. Nature is my muse 🌈
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Me dressed all in bright crimson red with my arms fully outstretched, big smile. The ruana is a long purple striped fabric that is as wide as my elbows, hand knit fingerless mitts up to my elbows. Thick red knit headband, dark red turtleneck. Red quilt fabric tie dyed hand sewn pants, red suede shoes. Late fall leaves almost gone landscape.

A diamond twill ruana I wove. It won a county fair best of show textile arts award. Handspun headband dyed in cochineal. Lace fingerless mitts. It’s Winter Solstice🌞 #FiberArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #slowfashion #bskyweavers #WeavingPatterns #ShopSmall #IndieArt #IndieRetail

An aqua-turquoise shawl with a wavy curvy zigzag pattern and fringe. I’m wearing it, a mixed Balkan brunette with a buzz cut and glasses. Smiling, left hand over the front, dark navy pants. I’m leaning against an adobe style wall with a bench ledge and a dusty blue antique wooden doorway.

An #8Shaft undulating twill shawl I wove with tabby, as with freeform overshot 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #ShopSmall #WeavingPatterns #IndieArt #Artivism#IndieRetail #SupportSmallBiz #Craftivism

This is also a serious problem for disabled people. We need to sit down periodically as we walk.

I was a protester. Looong story about my experiences there. I’ll have to watch asap!

My sympathies. It should be illegal for residents not to be notified that a complex will be for sale. Tenants deserve upfront notice before a complex is put up for sale.