Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
At Lowimpact.org we’re interested in helping to bring production back to communities, and so we’re talking with craftspeople, smallholders, natural builders, renewables installers and small business owners in our range of topics. I’ll be asking them about their jobs, and for advice for people who might be interested in doing similar things.
I’m talking with Eloise, who is a weaver. This is the first of a three-parter. I want to get her:
1. advice for anyone considering a career as a weaver
2. opinions on the sustainability of weaving and craft production
3. ideas about how craft production and mutual credit are a match made in heaven
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/career-change-making-a-living-from-weaving
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
These Isles: weavingtheseisles.wordpress.com
Weaving introduction: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/weaving
Highlights
1. I started with a very simple 22 inch table loom, that I'd been given by a housemate. He had an engineering background, and it's funny, because crafts are both art and engineering at the same time. A 22 inch table loom is very simple - just wood, wire and string. Very ecological, and you can pick them up easily on eBay.
2. I learnt from youtube videos, plus a very good book - A Handweaver's Pattern Book - lowimpact.org/books/books_weaving - the Handweaver's Bible. I'm quite practical - I looked at the loom and worked it out, with a bit of help from a friend. (NB if you'd like your hand held a bit more, we have an online course - lowimpact.org/onlinecourse/weaving/).
3. A lot of my customers have modest lifestyles, but they'd rather buy one shawl and have it last a lifetime, than lots of cheap shawls.
At Lowimpact.org we’re interested in helping to bring production back to communities, and so we’re talking with craftspeople, smallholders, natural builders, renewables installers and small business owners in our range of topics. I’ll be asking them about their jobs, and for advice for people who might be interested in doing similar things.
I’m talking with Eloise, who is a weaver. This is the first of a three-parter. I want to get her:
1. advice for anyone considering a career as a weaver
2. opinions on the sustainability of weaving and craft production
3. ideas about how craft production and mutual credit are a match made in heaven
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/career-change-making-a-living-from-weaving
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
These Isles: weavingtheseisles.wordpress.com
Weaving introduction: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/weaving
Highlights
1. I started with a very simple 22 inch table loom, that I'd been given by a housemate. He had an engineering background, and it's funny, because crafts are both art and engineering at the same time. A 22 inch table loom is very simple - just wood, wire and string. Very ecological, and you can pick them up easily on eBay.
2. I learnt from youtube videos, plus a very good book - A Handweaver's Pattern Book - lowimpact.org/books/books_weaving - the Handweaver's Bible. I'm quite practical - I looked at the loom and worked it out, with a bit of help from a friend. (NB if you'd like your hand held a bit more, we have an online course - lowimpact.org/onlinecourse/weaving/).
3. A lot of my customers have modest lifestyles, but they'd rather buy one shawl and have it last a lifetime, than lots of cheap shawls.
