Gina Pisello

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How to make a woven book

I am taking Helen Hiebert’s Weave Through Winter class for the third year in a row. I want to make the 30 days of weaving a bit more cohesive this year than in the past. To that end, I decided to make a book to house all of my pieces. That way they will have a similar size and can all be viewed together. The book is inspired by the weaving class itself. I created a woven book structure that is sturdy and looks nice on its own. Adding woven pieces will only make it better.

To make a woven book you need a page template, lots of paper ( I used heavy cardstock weight magazine pages), and some patience. Here are my results.

Template for creating the book pages. Feel free to change the sizes and number of warp and weft strips.

The finished book.

Another view showing the weaving.

Beginning to weave the pages together.

Weaving from another angle.

A finished spread. I will add a woven piece to one side of the page and leave the other side as is.

A different page spread. You can really see the weaving well here. Note how I alternate the weave between the two pages.