Laurelhurst Fiber Art Studio & Urban Farm
Tablet Weaving * Ply-Splitting * Mindfulness * Permaculture

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Tablet-Woven Leashes for Spike and Jones

I wove these leashes for Handwoven magazine's Weaving for Pets theme issue. You can download the complete article with instructions and graphs. If that link doesn't work, go to Handwoven, click on Free Projects, and then on Tablet Weaving.

We adopted Spike and Jones from the Oregon Humane Society in 1996. They are part Tibetan terrier -- they have Tibetan terrier features, but at about 35 pounds or so, are quite a bit larger. I had wanted to weave leashes for them all these years, and am so grateful for Handwoven's Weaving for Pets theme issue, which gave me the encouragement I needed to finally do it.

I had planned to weave their names and some paw prints, but I discovered dog haiku on the Internet in time to make up a haiku for Jones' leash:

Jones my fierce guard dog
pads down the hall on short legs
looking for my shoes.

He doesn't chew the shoes -- he just collects them and uses them for pillows.

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This page updated December 27, 2006.