Skip to content
Robbie LaFleur

Robbie LaFleur

  • About/Contact
    • Exhibit Venues and Awards
    • Portfolio–Selected Pieces
  • Frida Hansen Study Grant
  • Norwegian Tapestry Class
  • Norwegian Textile Letter

Category: knitting

Annichen Sibbern Bøhn Keeps Popping Up

November 6, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

Things show up in threes? Is this true? It happened to me recently. My friend Karen Weiberg sent me a photo of a book and

Continue reading

Is Your Man Freezing?

September 18, 2017 Robbie LaFleur

I’m decompressing for the day after teaching a four day workshop on Norwegian Billedvev (tapestry) at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. My friend Annemor Sundbø shared a

Continue reading

Eight-Year Wrist-Warmers

January 4, 2016 Robbie LaFleur

On a visit to Norway in 2007 I admired some pretty wrist-warmers from Annemor Sundbø’s book, Invisible Threads in Knitting.  Annemor grabbed a skein of

Continue reading

Search

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,019 other followers

Categories

Instagram

The patterns in this Vestfoldteppe reveal the life cycle of grain. Read more about the historical Vestfoldsmett technique in the new issue of the. Norwegian Textile Letter. Norwegiantextileletter.com #scandinavianweaving #norwegianweaving #vestfoldsmett #vestfoldtepper #weaving
I’m getting near the top of the fire tapestry, the point where I am merely eager to finish, and I muse on what I will weave next. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weavingmn
And nerves are frayed in Minneapolis. We can only hope that the next months lead to increased racial justice and healing. And that the only fires are woven or in the back yard. #tapestryweaving
I’ve been marking my fire tapestry progress with headlines atop the warp. The NYT graphic showing the conflagration of covid covers the whole working area, marking a half a million Americans who have succumbed. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram
You know how it is so valuable to step away from your work to get the big picture? My desk is perfectly situated in relation to the loom. The fire tapestry doesn’t look so exciting at this point. Almost to the woods in the background. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #handweaving #tapestry #weavingmn
The next issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter will focus on Norwegian Vestfoldtepper, historical banded weavings with inlay patterns. In a post on my own blog today, I review the pieces I’ve woven using Vestfoldsmett. Robbielafleur.com #scandinavianweaving #vestfoldsmett #vestfoldtepper #vev #weaving

Archives

Top Posts

  • Weaving figures in Boundweave
  • Krokbragd/Danskbrogd: A Bit About My Weaving and Design Process
  • Vestfoldsmett in the Norwegian Textile Letter
  • Wynne Mattila's Krokbragd Class at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota
  • Norwegian Textile Letter
  • About/Contact

Tags

#textilecentermn #wcrwomenchefs American Scandinavian Foundation American Swedish Institute Annemor Sundbø Baldishol duck band weaving Barbro Nilsson billedvev Black Cat Farmstead Blanket Stories boundweave Casket Arts Building danskbrogd dukagång Edvard Munch felting flamsk Flamskvävnad flesberg french knots Frida Hansen Frida Hansens Hus Glimåkra tapestry loom Greve Museum halvkrabba Helena Hernmarck ikat weaving Jytte Harboesgaard Karin Bøe kavelfrans Kelly Marshall krabbesnår krokbragd Lila Nelson Lila Nelson. Marie Watt Mary Zicafoose medieval mash-up Megado loom MIA Minnesota Legislature Minnesota State Fair monksbelt monks belt Nordic Fest North House Folk School Norway House Prague rag rug Rebecca Mezoff rutevev rya SAORI sheep fleece skilbragd skinnfell Stavanger Kunstmuseum Sweet Science Ice Cream tapestry tavlebragd Telemark Telemark embroidery Telemarksteppe Textile Center of Minnesota textile tour The Baldishol: A Medieval Tapestry inspires Contemporary Textiles The Scream varafeldur Vesterheim Folk Art School Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum vestfoldsmett Vestfoldteppe weaving Wise and Foolish Virgins
Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×