Allison Durno

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Love the colours! Looks great!

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

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

Blue, red, and gold woven hand towels.

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.

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

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

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

Thanks so much! I am still amazed at how intricate mosaic crochet looks while being relatively easy to do.

Love it so much! Beautiful!!

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

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 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.

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

I got her pattern over on Etsy- her shop name is “HappyLenok”. Also, looks like my spelling was auto-corrected- her name is Olena Osoka (on her pattern, I notice on Etsy she’s Elena Osoka).

Brown and tan mosaic crochet scarf with maple leaves.

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

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

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

I’ve been trying to teach myself mosaic crochet. It’s harder than it looks on YouTube 🙂. Debating whether to stick with it or move on to something else.

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

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 ghost on an orange tiled background done in digital art.

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

Temperature crafts are so fun, but such a commitment 🙂. I did a temperature crochet blanket one year and a few years later I did an embroidered temperature tree embroidering a leaf every day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gingham plaid cotton scarf in navy and turquoise.

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

Not to a fellow rigid heddle loom weaver 😉.

This is a fun pattern! Not too difficult! You just need to be careful when you sley the reed and then it’s plain weave with two shuttles after that.

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

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

Fifty red crocheted poppies spread out on the floor.

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

Thanks, Deb! I am debating developing a class on weaving coasters, so I wanted to try several yarns and patterns.

Twenty square woven coasters in shades of blue, green, yellow and white.

A bunch of coasters woven on the rigid heddle loom. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #wovencoasters #coasters

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

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