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Laverne


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Author: Laverne Waddington

I am an Australian who has recently returned to Australia after having lived for 32 years in South America where I was teaching English, weaving, writing, and studying indigenous weaving techniques. I have been learning and documenting traditional textile techniques of various Latin American countries with indigenous weavers since 1996. Although I have studied using several types of simple looms, my loom of choice is the backstrap loom. After many years of largely replicating, adapting and embellishing patterns that had been shared with me by my weaving teachers and friends, I now design my own unique pieces while continuing to employ the woven structures used by my mentors in South and Central America. In 2009 I decided to leave my English teaching job to focus on weaving and, since then, have self-published eight PDFs on technique and patterns which were sold on various websites over the years. I now plan to sell them here on this blog...coming soon. Please subscribe to this blog for updates.

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  3. I look upon your work and your experiences with a lot of envy. I am truly hoping to do better with my experimentations after the holidays. Your pictures and explanations are really quite wonderful. Thank you Laverne.

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    1. Thank you Carolyn.
      Please do keep trying. Remember that you have a wonderful support group both here and at Weavolution and I can get a photo up to help answer any questions in the blink of an eye!

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  4. I was surprised to know that “cunape” is a typical bread in Santa Cruz. In Brazil, we find this same cheesy bread roll everywhere. Originally it comes from the State of Minas Gerais, where it is considered part of the State’s immaterial heritage.
    All my best wishes for your blog.
    Helena

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    1. Hi Helena,
      Who knows the true origins of this cheesy bread roll. You should hear the heated discussions here over the origins of the ”saltena”and the dance called ”cueca”. And then the Chileans and Peruvians are busy fighting over ”pisco”. 🙂

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  7. Beautiful weaving! I’m very impressed. I like your cat too. 😉 Wonderful what you can do with such a simple set up.

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  8. Your weaving is amazing! You make it seem like something anybody could do. Here at home I have all the essentials for it, now all I need is the courage. Thank you for posting this wonderful blog.

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  9. Hei Laverne!
    I´m watching your blog growing and growing. I´m following every day here and at weavolution. My snakeband is growing too, but much more slowly.
    With some late but heartfelt wishes for the new year from Germany!!

    Kristina

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    1. Hi Kristina,
      Nice to see you back. A happy new year to you too. Glad to hear that you are finding time for your projects and I hope your spinning experiments are going along well too. Thanks for your support here!

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  10. Goodness me, I’m so glad I found via Dot at http://fibre2fabric.blogspot.com/! When the local polytechnic got rid of most of their defunct weaving school equipment I put in a bid for one set of backstrap loom “sticks” but for $20, it was all or nothing, so I believe I’ve got about 20 sets, plus a lot of old nylon pantyhose and some sticks!

    Now I can learn how to use them!

    Thank you for your blog!

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