Weavolution.com, an online social network designed to meet the unique needs of handweavers, launched its beta test on June 8, 2009. Designed to bring handweavers together from around the world, Weavolution.com is a one-stop resource for every type of hand weaver.

 

From hobby to production, from peg to dobby, Weavolution provides a place for weavers to meet, discuss and participate in moderated user groups and forums.

Members may post photographs and descriptions of their projects, looms, yarns, books, and accessories to share with others and solicit feedback from other members.

But you don’t have to be a member or even a weaver to explore the site and learn about weaving free of charge.

Weavolution aims to become an inclusive, global community that encourages weavers by enabling them to discover and follow trends in weaving; find local, national and international resources; and find businesses catering to their needs.

Weavolution members can search the site’s databases to view items, group postings and research information catalogued by others.

Our goal is to provide a website for handweavers that is useful, helpful and fun, and to create a resource for shops, products and ideas from around the corner and around the world. 

 

Join the Weavolution!

March 12, 2010

Whoo-hoo we have a winner!

We have our first winner in the Weavatar contest!!

Our first winner of the "Replace your place holder avatar (the orange and red W's) with a real, hand picked, hand chosen Weavatar" Contest is user Weaver-dyer. 

Here's the quote from ingamarie: Whoo-hoo!  We have #10, Weaver-dyer replaced the interlaced W in her profile on 03/12/2010 at  09:06  with this Weavatar, and is the lucky winner of a Weavolution 2G thumb drive.

And, when notified of her prize, Weaver-dyer said:

It's my lucky day!  Rain, snow melting away, and a Weavolution flashdrive.  The flashdrive will be great for transporting files on my sneaker net--moving files from the computer that I use for designing to the computers that drive my AVL computer-assisted looms  by putting on my sneakers and walking downstairs to the studio. :)

Thanks.

There's still time to enter.  If you have this symbol on your profile and replace it with something personal, you could win this:

Here are the rules:

Change your Weavatar following the directions found here.
Send a PM to ingamarie using the Messages link in the left navigation list
Winners will be based on the time stamp on their PM to ingamarie.

The contest ENDS on Monday, March 15th at 11:59pm Eastern time.

WINNERS will be the 10th person to PM ingamarie, the middle person (based on the total number of entries) and the last person to PM ingamarie.

All prizes will be awarded on March 16th and posted on the home page in the NEWS. 

Your new Weavatar will be posted on the home page for all to admire.

GOOD  LUCK!

March 10, 2010

How'd you do that?

There are many features on Weavolution that lurk in the recesses of the website.

The Projects page is one example.

When you go to the Projects page and at the top you will see this:

There is a pull down menu in the "Sort by" where you can choose to view projects that are:

If you choose to sort by "Number of fans" you can see some of the projects that are favorites of many users on Weavolution.  It was great fun to look at Projects in these four different ways.

Check it out, it will not disappoint.


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Studied at FIT with Nell Znamierowski and Desiree Koslin, but neighbour Carla Giuffrida first taught me to weave.   Worked in the "industry" for a while, also textile conservation.  Took a hiatus then got back to it 8 years ago.



I am a knitter mostly but have been bitten by the weaving bug....lol!  So I now have a 32" Kromski rigid heddle loom which I love and have recently 'inherited' a 24" Pioneer table loom which I have no idea how to use yet.  So today...I found Weavolution and am thrilled to have become a member!! 



Growing up with a weaver/colorist, I was immersion dyed in fiber arts; after several decades away, I have returned to weaving and I'm loving every minute of it.