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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I like how this scarf turned out. I’ve wanted to try it for a long time. Using clasped warp for the first time, and the weft is woven black. Yarn is tencel and bamboo and drapes beautifully. Pattern is “Galaxy Scarf” by Kelly Casanova. #weaving #rigidheddleloom #kellycasanova #craftsky

Three photo collage- 1) Black and multi-coloured scarf draped on a chair. 2/3) Same scarf still on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wanted to make a clasped weft woven scarf using a cityscape pattern. I found some clipart cityscapes, put a grid over them in Procreate and used it as a guide for weaving my clasped weft. Interesting weave! #weaving #claspedweft #cityscape #procreate #craftsky

Woven scarf on a loom. The scarf has a cityscape with a blue/green skyline and a yellow sky.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Playing with Iris Folding paper cards. The ones I like best will be further decorated for use. #paperfolding #irisfolding #handmadecards

Four paper cards with square, lettered, heart, and urn-shaped windows with folded origami paper inside.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

First attempt at Beaded Leno weaving technique. I like the look, but it is kind of tricky and fiddly. I would use a stronger yarn next time. Still, my goal is to weave a scarf with three rows of Beaded Leno on each end. #craftsky #weaving #beading #rigidheddleloom #lenoweaving

Rose-coloured scarf on a rigid heddle loom. It has stripes of lacy Leno weaving with blue and green glass beads.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Practising finger-manipulated techniques on my rigid heddle loom. This is a technique called Leno in a variation called Mexican Lace. Brushing up my skills to teach a new member of the guild next week. A fun summertime weave! #craftsky #weaving #leno #rigidheddleloom #mexicanlace

A yellow lacy piece of weaving on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tea towel I’m weaving at the guild hall as part of a group making tea towels for our sale in November. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels

An off-white tea towel on a floor loom, with squares of light and dark purple.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Took a class on how to spin with a drop spindle at the Burr House Spinning and Weaving Guild. Challenging, but I’m getting better. The top skein is the one I spun and plied in class. And I’m continuing to practise a bit every day! #craftsky #spinning #dropspindle

Drop spindle with white yarn and a skein of brown yarn above it and some white wool below it.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Two more pieces of kinusaiga art. Definitely fun and addictive! I’m getting better at the process, prepping the board, cutting and folding in the fabric. Ready to try a bigger piece now. #craftsky #fabricart #kinusaiga

Two round pieces of Kinusaiga fabric art. One shows a landscape with a guitar and the other shows a tree.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I’ve been exploring a new art form called Kinusaiga, where you take fabric scraps and tuck them into a foam board to create your image. Perfect way to use these styrofoam discs and fabric in my stash! #craftsky #fabricart #kinusaiga

Two round pieces of fabric art. One is a sunset and one is a green plant in a red pot.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Teaching a class to use pick-up sticks on the rigid heddle loom to make table runners for the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild in Richmond Hill, Ontario. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #craftclass #richmondhill

Woman sitting near a window weaving on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My first “Melt the ICE” crochet hat, pattern by Sarah Sward. The pattern is inspired by hats worn by Norwegian protesters during WWII. So many knitters and crocheters around the world are making them! I’m starting my second one with different yarn. #craftsky #crochet #melttheicehat #crochethat

A heathered crimson red crocheted hat, pointed, with a brim, and braided tassel.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I really love this tea towel I’ve started weaving in a group project with the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #floorloom

Black, white, teal, and purple tea towel being woven on a floor loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

First project of 2026! Ocean Sunrise Scarf, pattern by Gala McCurdy, Little Looms magazine Fall 2024. Also my first attempt at putting beads into my fringe. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #beading

Woven scarf, half orange and half blue, with beaded fringe.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Some of my favorite crafts projects of 2025- Part 1. 1) Hand towels woven with a Star Trek inspired tartan. 2) Helped crochet poppies for Remembrance Day memorial. 3) Fauxsaic made in Procreate. 4) Maple Leaf mosaic crochet scarf. #craftsky #weaving #procreate #crochet #mosaiccrochet

Remembrance Day monument draped with crocheted poppies.

Fauxsaic ghost on orange background made in Procreate.

Mosaic crochet scarf, a maple leaf design in light and dark brown.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Today I started the Ocean Sunrise scarf, pattern by Gala McCurdy (Little Looms Fall 2024). I tried this scarf earlier in the year, but the center warp yarn I used was thicker than the sides, and it didn’t work, so I’ve wanted to try it again. #craftsky #weaving #weavingscarf #claspedweft

A cotton scarf on a rigid heddle loom, half blue, half orange, with two blending in the center.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Really like how this scarf is turning out. Mosaic crochet is so much fun. Pattern is Proteus by Crochet With May. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #crochetwithmay

A part of a half-done blue and white geometric mosaic crochet scarf.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Saturday I taught a class making quilted ornaments at the Burr House in Richmond Hill. They are fun to make and look so elegant. I like learning new patterns and especially learned a lot from The Ornament Girl. I took her advanced ornaments in to show the class. #craftsky #ornaments #quilting

A round red and white quilted ornament hanging on a gray door next to a gold bell on a rope.

An assortment of colourful quilted holiday ball ornaments on a table with cut squares of scattered fabric to make more.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

First fully finished mosaic crochet project, a maple leaf, pattern by Olena Osaka. Not perfect, but very fun to do! Already starting a new pattern on another scarf. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #mapleleaf

Brown and tan mosaic crochet scarf with maple leaves.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Working to teach myself mosaic crochet using yarn in my stash. I may make this first piece into a pillow after making a couple of pattern repeats. Pattern by Cats-Rockin-Crochet. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet

Strip of purple mosaic crochet with multicolour music notes on it.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A “Fauxsaic” I made earlier in the week in the Procreate art program. Fauxsaic technique by Abby Nurse. Go, Jays, Go! #procreate #fauxsaic #digitalart #bluejay #torontobluejays

A mosaic blue jay on a white tiled background done in digital art.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A “Fauxsaic” I did earlier in the week using the Procreate art program. Technique by Abby Nurse. #craftsky #procreate #fauxsaic #halloween

A mosaic ghost on an orange tiled background done in digital art.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

When a fav fandom meets a fav craft. Early in September I found a Star Trek inspired (see the colours of the three original uniforms?) tartan pattern online and I was inspired to weave hand towels. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #tartan

Navy, gold, red, and blue tartan hand towels, woven on the rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hand towels woven from a Star Trek inspired tartan I saw online. It includes all the colours of the original series uniforms, plus the background dark blue. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #weavinghandtowels

Plaid hand towel- navy, red, gold, turquoise- on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I taught a friend yesterday how to do a log cabin weave on her rigid heddle loom. Pleased with how it’s turning out. Interesting teaching all the steps. She’s making a four foot table runner with 4/8 cotton. #craftsky #weaving #weavinglogcabin #rigidheddleloom

A red and white cotton log cabin tablerunner on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Finished Gingham Log Cabin cotton scarf on the rigid heddle loom. Pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavinglogcabin

Gingham plaid cotton scarf in navy and turquoise.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Working on Log Cabin Gingham Style scarf, pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #logcabinweaving #celticknot

Navy and Turquoise scarf, woven in Celtic knots, on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Ended up crocheting fifty poppies to take in to the weavers guild today. We are going to put all our poppies together as part of a legion project in Mississauga, where a poppy art piece will be put together for Remembrance Day. #craftsky #crochet #crochetpoppies #poppies #remembranceday

Fifty red crocheted poppies spread out on the floor.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

More rigid heddle loom coasters using a houndstooth warping and then playing with variations. We’re going to develop these coasters into a class. #skycraft #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingcoasters

Eight square woven coasters with short fringe. Most are taupe and navy blue, but two have royal blue woven into them, too.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A set of woven coasters I made from the left-over warp of the houndstooth hand towels that I wove. I added some cork backing. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #coasters

Four square woven coasters with fringe in shades of dark blue and turquoise.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Working on some houndstooth hand towels on the rigid heddle loom using four shades of blue 2/8 cotton. #skycraft #rigidheddleloom #weaving #weavinghoundstooth

Weaving houndstooth technique on the rigid heddle loom in four shades of blue.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I’ve been practising hand-manipulating techniques on the rigid heddle loom using an online class by Kelly Casanova and came up with this cotton scarf that is a combination of Mexican lace and plain weave. #craftsky #weaving #leno #mexicanlace

Colourful hand-woven cotton scarf hung over a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Continuing to crochet poppies for Legion 101 in Etobicoke in Toronto, who are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. They are putting up a special art project in November for Remembrance Day with thousands of crocheted poppies. I’ve crocheted about fifty so far. #craftsky #crochet #poppies

A plastic bag with red crocheted poppies spilling out of it.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Finished woven tea towel from a weavers guild group project I was part of at the Burr House. We put on enough warp for eight tea towels and we all wove one. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #floorloom

Dark blue, gold, pink and light blue striped hand-woven tea towel.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Garden Path Scarf- pattern by Kelly Casanova, using the silk/linen yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #weavingscarf #rigidheddleloom

Lacy lavender hand-woven scarf tied on a hanger.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Practising Brook’s Bouquet on rigid heddle loom. Pattern: Garden Path Scarf by Kelly Casanova. Using linen/silk yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #brooksbouquet

Very open lacy scarf on a rigid heddle loom using lilac snow-dyed yarn.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Beginner rigid heddle loom class I co-taught at the Burr House in Richmond Hill yesterday. Always fun to see how the colourful scarves turn out and how the students react to making their first woven project. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #richmondhillontario

Three women weaving scarves on rigid heddle looms.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Another modified gamp pattern from the Penny Candy Gamp Scarf by Sara Bixler. Also my first time using a 15 ct. heddle. This #3 crochet cotton works pretty well, but I need to try other thin yarns. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom

Multi-coloured cotton sampler on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Walking with John this morning on the Humber Valley Heritage Trail. #hikingontario #hiking #humbervalleyheritagetrail

John taking photos on a bridge on a hiking trail.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I love weaving a gamp (a grid woven study of colour and threading) and this one is particularly fun. It’s the “Penny Candy Gamp Scarf”, pattern by Sara Bixler. #craftsky #weaving #gamp #sarabixler #rigidheddleloom

A multi-coloured cotton scarf on a rigid heddle loom with squares of many different patterns.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I’ve wanted to try Doubleweave on the rigid heddle loom, where you can weave two woven pieces at once attached on one side to open up twice as big. Thanks to “Magpie and Molly” for the excellent YouTube Tutorials. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #doubleweave

A doubleweave sampler on a rigid heddle loom using rose and blue 4/8 yarn.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Demo Day Eve! Setting up a rigid heddle loom project for doing weaving demos at the Burr House with the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild for tomorrow’s Doors Open here in Richmond Hill. #craftsky #weaving #richmondhill #doorsopen

A shades of blue scarf on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I’m part of a tea towel group project weaving on a counter-balance floor loom at our guild hall. Today was my turn to start weaving my tea towel using a zig zag twill pattern. Aiming to get it finished by early next week. 10” of 36” done today. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels

A blue, pink, and gold striped tea towel on a counter-balance floor loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Working on “Log Cabin Gingham Style Scarf”- pattern by The Rogue Weaver. Love the log cabin style knots. The black yarn is bamboo and the green/aquamarine yarn is tencel, giving it a nice sheen. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavinglogcabin

Scarf on a rigid heddle loom. There are green log cabin knots woven on a black background.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The embroidery company Poignet Amour in France organizes group cross-stitch animation videos, where cross-stitchers are invited to stitch one frame of the animation and hundreds of stitchers work to create the animation together. Here’s my frame! A bouncing star! #craftsky #embroidery #animation

A round embroidery hoop with a star stitched in it on a star quilt background of green and gold.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Like how this weaving is turning out. The weft is two shades of purple 2/8 cotton. I’ll be cutting and sewing it into my first piece of woven clothing (a vest) when it’s done. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingvest

Multi-coloured yarn- purple, blue, gray- being woven on a rigid heddle loom.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Leading weaving demonstrations on the rigid heddle loom yesterday at the Richmond Hill Maple Syrup Festival. We also had guild members demonstrating spinning, knitting, and crochet. Photo by Michelle Z.. #craftsky #weaving #spinning #richmondhillontario

One woman weaving on a loom and one woman spinning on a spinning wheel.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I liked this activity the Potters Guild had at the Richmond Hill Maple Syrup Festival yesterday. They made a whole bunch of plaster of Paris letters spelling Canada and left them at their table with a bunch of markers for kids and adults to draw on and colour. #craftsky #canada #drawing

Plaster of Paris letters spelling Canada with small drawings of flags, maple leaves, nature and hearts.

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Allison Durno @allisondurno.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

All set to head to the Richmond Hill Maple Syrup Festival tomorrow. I’ll be doing rigid heddle loom demos from 10 ‘til 3 at the Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild booth. #craftsky #weaving

Multi-coloured yarn on a rigid heddle loom.

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