Sara NordlingJan 19, 20202 minRecent DevelopmentsI enjoy playing with weave structures. I love visual, and actual, textures. Dyeing yarns and playing with color is fun. I will also gi...
Sara NordlingJan 7, 20181 minNew Year, New DesignIn the last weeks of the new year I designed and wove a series of scarves. I am presenting them to you all as a design challenge. It is ...
Sara NordlingNov 29, 20172 minSummary of the Elements and PrinciplesWe have reached the end. We have reached the beginning. I have written on all the elements and principles of design, the end of the list...
Sara NordlingSep 12, 20172 minWhy Study Design?You may be asking yourself, so what? Where is this going? What is the point? You spend time and money weaving. Whether it is a hobby o...
Sara NordlingAug 30, 20172 minElements of Design: TextureWhen you think of texture, what comes to mind? The great novelty yarn you bought because you couldn’t live without it and now, don’t know...
Sara NordlingAug 23, 20173 minElements of Design: ColorColor, also called hue, is your crayon box. It is the rainbow plus all those earthy tones and any other one you can imagine. I am not go...
Sara NordlingAug 17, 20173 minElements of Design: ValueValue is the lightness or darkness of a hue (color). Hue will be discussed in the next section. For now I will stick with value It is e...
Sara NordlingAug 9, 20173 minElements of Design: ShapeSummer and Winter weave featuring stars and stripes Shape here refers not to the overall dimensions of an object (format) but to the use ...
Sara NordlingAug 1, 20172 minElements of Design: LineLines created by supplementary warp, tacked down with an occasional weft thread. Where do you find a line in weaving? Let’s start with t...
Sara NordlingJul 27, 20172 minIntroducing...How on earth do you begin something like this? That has been my conundrum for some time. First, an introduction, my name is Sara Nordlin...