Crazyshot!-Creative Overshot Weaving on the Rigid Heddle Loom

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I am a relatively new weaver and have enrolled in your online school which was a gift from my husband. I have taken a few of the classes and am learning so much, thank you. In all honesty, your Branoe class blew me away. I kept thinking about Fair Isle and Mosaic knitting and other charted needlework while I was learning. I looked for more info on Branoe and found very little but I did discover a rich history of supplemental weft weaving from all different cultures throughout time. So I started experimenting and this book is the result of combining lots of different ideas from various charted needlework. Many times my books have come out of wanting to see the book I wish was already out there.“

I was a pretty crafty kid. My mom taught me how to sew and crochet and we made tons of Barbie doll and kid’s clothes. I continued crafting through adulthood, adding new crafts every couple of years- more sewing, quilting, embroidery, tapestry and bead weaving, tatting, you name it, always with an emphasis on creative expression. In 2003 I started teaching knitting classes at a local yarn store and within a couple years I began teaching knitting and crochet on the US national circuit for XRX/Stitches, Vogue Knitting, guilds and special events. Along the way, I taught 5 classes for Craftsy and wrote 3 books and published lots of patterns. Up until Covid, I was traveling around the US almost every month. ( I don’t miss the airports but I do miss seeing everybody in person).“ I love weaving on a variety of looms. But to explore all the possibilities of my rigid heddle looms is my favorite thing. Myra’s technique is absolutely fascinating! I would love to have this book and learn and dive into these colors and patterns. personal information (doxxing) is off-limits and will be handled accordingly. Report any and all instances

I have my first ever Rigid heddle loom (or any loom for that matter) coming in the mail! EEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!! And have absolutely zero experience. But that hasn’t stopped my in the past, I am known for diving off the deep end! When I learned crochet it wasn’t long before I started trying my hand at lace and my second knitting project was a basic sweater….. My crafty friends like to remind me I’m nuts hahahahaha! This technique looks like it’s in-keeping with my usual personality quirk but I also won’t end up drowning!!!!

Myra Wood is a well known fibre artist with an impressive array of artistic skills and talents. In fact, I’m quite amazed by all her achievements in teaching, writing books and creating. She is a huge inspiration! I want to expand my understanding of all that the rigid heddle can do and continue in this art form for the art form and the place of meditation it affords me. I have some of Myra Wood’s previous books on knitting and crochet and have gained much inspiration from them. After reading your interview with Myra I will be taking your class on Branoe very soon.I am really interested in learning what actually can be done with a rigid heddle loom. I love colour and texture, and I really want to learn how to do it with my small loom. I love the challenge of trying something new, just as much as I love having beautiful things around our home. I tend to get fairly obsessive about one craft at a time. I’m passionate about learning as much as possible and experimenting with all the different ways I can express myself with it.

Rigid heddle weavers looking to go beyond plain weave have a wonderful new resource with CrazyShot!, a new book by Myra Wood. Try this overshot weaving technique with just-beyond-beginner weaving skills.I know you always have something new and exciting in your artistic mind. Can you give us a hint of the New Next Thing? or killed in any shape or form. Users that break this rule are IP banned for a first offense without As I started to say, putting it plainly, I would be crazy to pass up an opportunity working on developing dazzling overshot patterns as shown on the picture. They are stunning.