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Lisa Rayner Handwovens
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Kumeyaay land • Ableism = eugenics
Art is resistance • Nature is my muse

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Lisa Rayner Handwovens @lisarayn.bsky.social · Aug 26
I design weaving patterns for all looms. I specialize in freeform overshot & twill pick up patterns. Read Freeform Overshot for Beginners 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
lisarayn.bsky.social Lisa Rayner Handwovens @lisarayn.bsky.social · Nov 28
My newest freeform overshot scarf, inspired by bogolan mud cloth designs.
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A Saori tunic with freeform overshot motifs, including freeform overshot motifs & twill & tabby stripes. It’s Trans Awareness Week. Trans people deserve to grow old 🏳️‍⚧️ #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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A freeform frame loom art yarn vest from Wearable Handwoven Art on Any Loom. Weave amazing creations on simple & small looms 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
Back view of me wearing a handwoven vest with textured art yarns with handspun coils, wavy flowy lilac/magenta vertical stripes 5+ centimeters wide, and aqua/light turquoise lens shaped spots. At top middle of the back is a large magenta outlined lilac heart with spirals forming the top two heart bumps. Black clothing underneath. Brunette buzz cut. I’m leaning on a wrought iron railing overlooking a condo building’s interior courtyard. Overcast gray sky.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A faux ikat chenille wrap I made from a single space dyed skein. I added mercerized cotton fringe to extend the length and the rainbow color spectrum 🌈 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #WeavingPatterns
A rainbow shawl that goes from royal purple (left end) to blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and fuchsia across its width. Fuzzy zigzag color transitions. Each side folded over to create a trapezoid on a red brick patio. Velvety texture. Long fine fringe. A yellow three leaf cluster lies on the dark royal purple fringe, a green three leaf cluster on the red.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I’m making a colorful shawl by embroidering together Saori fabric strips with freeform overshot motifs. I wove two separate warps 🌀 #weaving #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
Five scarf-like strips of handwoven fabric laid out side by side on a bed the long way: the outer and middle strips alternate rainbow spectrum sections with turquoise on navy geometric and sea life motifs. The two in between strips are turquoise blues and greens. White blanket underneath.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Fossil seashell cross sections on the beach at a super-moon low tide in between king tides this week. Delmar Formation, 48 million years old, Torrey Pines State Beach, San Diego. A beautiful afternoon walk across what is normally the sea floor 𓇼🌊🐚🐬 #FossilFriday #MolluscMonday @kingtides.bsky.social
Wide flat expanse of firm wet sand under a blue blue sky, Pacific Ocean to the left, facing north. Along the right side is the end edge of a thick sandstone mesa sloping down to the ground. Right lower foreground, a gray, uneven, sandy rock is exposed, a little above the sand. Beige fossils are lit up by slanted autumn afternoon sunlight coming from behind the scene to the south over the ocean. A long pointy shell cross section, little bubbly chambers on each side of a middle line jumps out at the viewer, surrounded by curled of roundish shells.
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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My feline twill top. Rigid heddle & #4Shaft. Handwoven inkle band ribbons around the neck & front 🌀 YES ON PROP 50 🌊𓇼🐚🐬
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Me wearing a colorful Mexican huipil style top with fringe and a long purple skirt at a grassy park at the beach. Mixed Balkan brunette with a buzz cut and glasses, magenta/lavender/aqua handwoven top with asymmetrical fringe on the right side and three rainbow space dyed ribbons sewn around the neckline and front. Geometric design on purple skirt. Grassy park, sand and ocean and blue sky behind. Palm trees and colorful beach umbrellas in the distance.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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My latest Saori weaving is off the loom. Ocean intertidal zone inspired. I am combining it with another fabric to make a shawl 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
A long 18+ foot scarf width blue green fabric with different textures and yarn colors alternating in a non-regular way. It’s draped in a zigzag over a shoji screen, white and light wood. Six sections hanging down, two ends and two loops.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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A handwoven cotton fabric scrap (Japanese sakiori) coat & bag (weft faced strap), a handwoven #4Shaft & #8Shaft cotton top underneath. Cotton quilting fabric pants with ammonites 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #weavesky #bskyweavers #sakiori #WeavingPatterns
Blue clothing in coordinated shades and hues with some purples. Mixed Balkan brunette person with a buzz cut and glasses. Japanese style light coat and top. Cross body bag. In front of a large pine tree in a yard with a turquoise wooden fence.
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Saori weaving texture. I am almost finished 🐬🌊🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #Seaside #WeavingPatterns
Closeup of fabric pulled tight on a loom: weft yarn is curly shiny aqua boucle bumps with a thinner, space dyed yarn in hues of teal, light blue, navy and violet. Navy blue warp yarn.
October 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Glowing yellow cottonwood leaves reflected in a pond against a clear blue sky, La Cienega, New Mexico, near Santa Fe.

#BlueSKyArtShow #Glow
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I sprained BOTH feet yesterday walking & my shoulders can’t handle crutches. Thanks Ehlers Danlos Syndrome! #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #Audhd #OvershotWeaving #ssdi #WeavingPatterns #disabled
Handwoven tunic: A brunette person with a buzz cur, brown hair graying at the sides, glasses, smiling. My arms are outstretched. I’m wearing a red purple top made of five narrow fabric panels sewn together vertically. Yellow, orange, fuchsia, lilac weft yarns in spectrum stripes with periodic motifs like a lilac Venus of Willendorf on the right bottom front. Plum leggings. Concrete wall with water designs and part of a water poem attributed to St. Francis of Assisi.
October 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Freeform overshot creates illustrations and complex patterns on simple looms. My seahorse is a Seashell Scarf pattern 🌀𓇼🌊🐚
#FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns #koginEmbroidery
Blue on purple and purple on blue seahorses mirroring each other, the back and front of the same motif. Above is a photo collage of six tiny photos of me wearing colorful handwoven scarves and wraps: brunette with a buzz cut. Text Visit Lisa Rayner Handwovens on Etsy | Freeform overshot is a reversible pick up weaving technique for rigid heddle, frame, and pin looms, and any shaft looms. My seahorse is 64 ends wide.
October 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Saori weaving inspired by the rocky coast, sea star dotted tide pools & stunning sunset skies of San Diego
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#FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #WeavingPatterns #TorreyPines #tidepools #sunset #california
A collage of two weaving photos and two beach photos. Blues and greens and wavy, uneven shapes and textures tie them together: clockwise from top left: 1 . a rectangular Mexican Talavera tile tray with lime green and purple florals holding 10 white shuttle bobbins with different matte and shiny yarns in emeralds, limes, jewel greens, and turquoise, light and navy blues, smooth and boucles. 2 . A rocky beach with large, intense spring green algae covered boulders under stormy gray skies. 3 . Scarf width fabric on a small loom with dashes of navy blue, light blue and emerald yarn and bumpy boucle soft muted turquoise yarn. 4 . Sunset clouds with yellow highlights against a turquoise blue sky, colors reflected in ocean water swash on sand with ocean to the horizon. Trippy.
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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A sweater I wove one autumn from my own hand dyed wool. I have a tiny rigid heddle loom that weaves 4x4 inch squares (see my little loom patterns) 🌀 #PinLoomWeaving
#ShowMeYourKnits #FiberArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #WeavingPatterns
A checkerboard fuchsia and aqua sweater, speckled yarn squares. Boxy design but drapey fit crossed over my front and attached with a copper spiral shawl pin. Shawl collar. Green silk blouse underneath, fuchsia silk pants. Me, a brunette mixed Balkan person with a buzz cut and glasses. Yellow leaves on tall poplars behind me.
September 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Maya is helping me warp my loom and roll bobbins. I’m weaving companion fabric to fabric with freeform overshot motifs I wove last spring. I’m making a Saori shawl 🌀 #Caturday #FiberArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #WeavingPatterns
A collage of two photos: on the left a vertical twisted skein of hand dyed yarn in splotches of lime green, aqua, navy blue and purple. Ob the right a short haired black cat looks up at the camera, big yellow eyes, sitting on a turquoise stool.
September 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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#Caturday memory 🐈‍⬛ Pablo the Cutest Tuxedo Cat with a hand dyed, handspun wool scarf on my Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #ArtYarn 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #WeavingPatterns #handspun
A pensive but cute tuxedo cat sits upper left behind a little wooden loom on an ivory flannel sheet on a bed. The loom has a bright pink and lavender thick wool scarf on it . The yarn has splashes of cobalt blue, lemon yellow and more. Splotchy color pattern. The tuxedo cat has white paws, white whiskers, a white chest with a little white goatee chin, and is otherwise black. Very symmetrical. Long haired, looking at the camera.
September 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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I’ve mailed my freeform overshot A Rainbow Peace scarf to WEFT Magazine. Article/chart in 2026 TWILL issue. Read Freeform Overshot for Beginners🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #slowfashion #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
September 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Dolphins racing alongside my whale watch tour boat, showing off their speed and skill. We passed multiple dolphin pods & saw two minke whales. I also take sunrise & sunset beach hikes, snorkel, explore tide pools & learn about Pacific Coast ecosystems. Art is resistance. Nature is my muse 🐬🐋🌀𓇼🌊🐚
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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I design weaving patterns for all looms. I specialize in freeform overshot & twill pick up patterns. Read Freeform Overshot for Beginners 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
lisarayn.bsky.social Lisa Rayner Handwovens @lisarayn.bsky.social · Nov 28
My newest freeform overshot scarf, inspired by bogolan mud cloth designs.
August 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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A Curvy Freeform Overshot Scarf: A freeform overshot project for beginners. Create freeform overshot designs on any loom 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
A mostly purple/lavender scarf on a little wooden loom on a table covered with a colorful Mayan ikat shawl. The scarf fabric has a medium dark lavender background. The pattern is curvy like a winding river. The pattern yarn thick chenille cotton space dyed in short sections of plum, purple, blue and magenta.
August 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A Saori top with freeform overshot motifs, including the Venus of Willendorf goddess, spirals & geometric designs 🌀 #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #overshot 🧶 #slowfashion #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns #KoginEmbroidery
A photo composite if me, a mixed Balkan person with a buzz cur, brown hair graying at the sides, glasses, smiling. My arms are outstretched. I’m wearing a red purple top made of five narrow fabric panels sewn together vertically. Yellow, orange, fuchsia, lilac weft yarns in spectrum stripes with periodic motifs like a lilac Venus of Willendorf on the right bottom front. Plum leggings. Concrete wall with water designs and part of a water poem attributed to St. Francis of Assisi.
August 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Pablo quality checking an #8Shaft advancing twill fabric woven with hand dyed yarns 🌀🩷 #Caturday #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #slowfashion #weavesky #bskyweavers #AdvancingTwill #WeavingPatterns #multishadtLoon
A shawl width fabric rolling off a large floor loom onto a beige carpet. The fabric has a fuchsia and turquoise stripey effect created by hand dyed yarn combined with a complex zigzag twill pattern that trends vertically (long direction of fabric) and has a stair step angle to it of little triangles. On top sits a long haired tuxedo cat with a symmetrical white chest, white chin and whiskers. He looks pensive.
July 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Please support Lisa Rayner Handwovens. It’s small but significant compared to my SSDI. When I’m not weaving, I might be exploring tide pools, walking on the beach, or lying down because I’m exhausted. It’s National Disability Pride Month. #Weaver, Business owner, LGBTQ+, hiker, disabled person 🌀𓇼🌊🐚
A collage of four photos of me, a brunette mixed Balkan person with light olive skin and a buzz cut and glasses. Clockwise from top left: me standing on a rocky beach with surf behind me with my left hand on my hip wearing a white sun hat, a waterproof phone case around my neck and arm, a light blue SPF top and black wetsuit leggings. Me wearing a matching handwoven magenta short sleeve top and Capri pants and turquoise sun hat on a pier with ocean and far away coastline behind me. Me wearing black on a black background wearing a scarf with alternating turquoise and purple African mud cloth inspired motifs. Me lying down wearing a t-shirt, my head on a a pillow with a lavender pillowcase taking a selfie.
July 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Read Freeform Overshot for Beginners to learn how to weave & design amazing motifs & patterns on simple looms with pick up 🌀 lisaraynerhandwovens.etsy.com/listing/1439... #FiberArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #bskyweavers #RigidHeddleWeaving #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns
Cover of book: white background with five photos of colorful freeform overshot projects: me with a brunette buzz cut wearing a green scarf covered with rainbow spirals, me wearing a fuchsia striped ruana with a fuchsia scarf collar with goddesses, each in a different bright color, a little spiral on a pin loom, fuchsia on a light blue plain weave grid, a tuxedo cat sitting inside a large but low wooden rigid heddle loom on a beige carpet next to the green spiral scarf on the middle of the loom, a large purple seahorse on light blue background.
July 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I wove my collection of small freeform overshot demonstration patterns on a tiny rigid heddle loom. For pin looms, frame looms, shaft looms, too. Insert in larger fabrics too. #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving #HandWoven #LoomWeaving 🧶 #OvershotWeaving #WeavingPatterns #koginEmbroidery
A collage of four pastel rainbow twill patterns on dark plum backgrounds. The 3D printed plastic four inch square purple loom with blue heddle handles on either side are photographed on an orange beige sandstone rock background. Clockwise from top left: butterfly, horizontal zigzags, taller than wide fancy diamond, double spiral bottom right larger spiral. Text Weaving patterns for simple looms in the middle on a muted orange background.
July 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM