Robbie LaFleur

I don’t know why it’s been many years since I wove a tapestry, since I find the challenges and rewards so appealing.  I’ve had a

In 2005 my Norwegian friend Annemor Sundbø taught a class in traditional Setesdal embroidery at Vesterheim.  She’s written several books, including one on traditional Norwegian

There was just a little bit of the monksbelt warp left.  I chose to make op art bands in three shades of gray, with a

I like the op art effect created by gradually increasing and then decreasing the numbers of shots in bands of pattern weft.  In this runner

By now I was starting to learn the “language” of the pattern elements.  I liked long stretches of the wider band broken up by small

The detail pictures of these weavings make them look a little dizzying! Some bright red prydvevgarn languished in my closet so I began to weave