I frequently hear claims that weaving is not portable. It certainly is difficult to cart around a floor loom and weave when you’re in one place for a short period of time. Many tables looms aren’t much better. I think portability is one of the reasons knitting and crochet is so popular.
I have provided a PDF here that outlines the steps for creating a weaving ‘etui’. An etui is a small case containing items, such as sewing needles and thread, that is portable and can be easily carried around. It’s a fun and easy way to weave on-the-go and create fun items.
Click this link to open up the Make a Weaving Etui PDF. Enjoy!
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Comments on: "For the weaver on-the-go . . . Create a weaving ‘etui’" (16)
Very cool, Robyn! I have the neatest tins with a window in them from Trader Joe’s. They originally held chocolate…yum!
Yum! I love the idea of using a chocolate tin . . . now the key will be to combine the chocolate and weaving!
What a cute idea…..and it is small and inexpensive. Weaving on the go!
Pam
Thanks, Pam! I love vintage-style tins. The key for me is choosing which one to take with me.
The magnets are a brilliant idea! I will be adding some to my collection of weaving/sewing tins asap! Thanks! Evelyn
Thanks! I’m sure the magnets have on many ocassions saved me from crawling around on the floor looking for a tapestry needle. I really like the ones that come in small sheets that I can cut down to size. They work well without taking up very much space.
Great idea! (and sorry but a bit of editing business ((since you appreciate tidiness)) – you’ll want to change your word to “Voila” rather than “Viola”…. unless you’re calling down spring flowers, an orchestral instrument, or a character in a Shakespeare play! Though it might be interesting to see weaving on any or all of the above…)
Thanks, Nancy! I edited it so it would read correctly . . . However, my kids when they were teenageers would say “Viola!” (instead of “Voila!”) because it made their father and me laugh.
that makes sense then! It’s funny how bits of old memories filter into our speech and writing. I’m sure that it mystifys people, but it’s a great private source of amusement. Ha! Even though the printed page is correct, we’ll hear “Viola!” from now on 🙂
Robyn, you’re a genius and this is fabulous idea! I love kits and go-bags of all kinds.
I learned to read out of my Kindly Pa’s collection of Walt Kelly’s Pogo comic books (and thus pronounced kindly with a short i), who had several hundred minor characters running around the Okeefenokee Swamp, one of whom was a ladybug by name of Viola Voila, Girl Insect!
Said small bug-lady was invoked with glee around our house quite often, as one may imagine.
Thanks, Ruth! I like kits too. It’s a fun way to make time fly when standing in line, during a guild meeting, etc.
Around my house we say “Wah Lah” because I found it printed that way in a magazine.
It’s true that inside family language can get you in trouble in the outside world. I get called out sometimes when I speak about the ‘radio alarm’ saw, ‘morris and tendon’ joints, and ‘obstacle delusions.’ All of which I’ve heard on jobsites.
And I am going to put together my version of an etui someday soon.
That’s too funny, Jean!
I still crack up when I hear about a woodworker using biscuits.
oops…. Mystifies. No funny story there 🙂
I Love the etui!!! wonderful
[…] a small case designed to be portable with items inside.) You can find it at the following link: https://spadystudios.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/for-the-weaver-on-the-go-create-a-weaving-etui/. I also have a one-page article in the current issue of Handwoven on making a portable marudai […]