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Crisp, clean and simple

October 17, 2019 By Carolyn Foss

These were some of the adjectives Connie Westbrook used to describe the lines and designs typical of Scandinavian style weaving for her class, “Simply Scandinavian”. Connie’s handwoven samples had those qualities, although “simple” would not be one of the words that first come to mind. Students followed suit in their own work. Whether it was one, two, (or more!) projects completed in class, all reflected the spirit of Scandinavian design. One of the students in the class, Deanna S., had taken advantage of this offer when she came to the Island in February of 1987 and bought a Sievers Loom (which she still has). Ann had given her the free lesson! We found a copy of this Handwoven magazine ad […]

Filed Under: Weaving Tagged With: Connie Westbrook, Scandinavian Style Weaving, Weaving

Simply Scandinavian

October 22, 2018 By Carolyn Foss

Simply Scandinavian or simply fabulous? Definitely both! Connie Westbrook’s class focused on the clean lines and simple designs found in Scandinavian weaving.  A table of beautiful samples and Connie herself wearing one of the Washington Island Scandinavian Dance Festival costumes became points of inspiration for the students to weave heirloom-quality table runners, towels, scarves, shawls, pillow covers and more.        Yards and yards of towels were woven and for some, then it was onto the next project.  If you laid down all the weaving done in this class, end-to-end, you might not reach Scandinavia, but you would certainly reach the hearts of anyone with Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish or Icelandic heritage!           Each reveal prompted oohs and […]

Filed Under: Weaving Tagged With: Connie Westbrook, Scandinavian Style Weaving, Weaving

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