My story.
Lois Weaver is the designer and handweaver behind ZoZo FiberArts. She works from her home studio in Pueblo, Colorado.
Lois has always been a bit of a wildflower, seeking out new experiences, never knowing where they will lead. At 40, she returned to college and reinvented herself, finding her calling in the world of fiber art.
Lois was destined to be a weaver. She felt a déjà vu moment while stirring her first dye pot and had an overwhelming sense that she had done this before. Sitting at her loom for the first time, weaving felt so natural to her that she realized it was what she was meant to do. For the first time, she made the connection with her birth name—Weaver—and realized that she was picking up the craft of her ancestors.
Born to Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonites and raised in the deep South, Lois was influenced by the rich confluence of cultures she experienced there. Her love of fiber traditions around the world and her urgent need to travel and explore comes from her experiences growing up. She has visited and lived in many places relishing in the traditions, experiencing the people, and absorbing the colors of the landscape that make each moment unique and special, just like her designs.
Lois has a passion for teaching and designing patterns for rigid heddle and pin loom weavers. Her patterns are a cut above the rest because she designs them to be easily followed by both novice and veteran artisans, including photos of each step of the process. Her designs have been featured by Patternworks and Cotton Clouds, Inc. She has designed weaving patterns and kits for Tahki Stacy Charles Yarn, Classic Elite Yarn, Universal Yarn Company, Elemental Effects, and Ancient Arts Yarn. She was recently commissioned to design a rigid heddle version of the Tintes Naturales Friendship Towel kit, for which she also designed two garments with this Guatemalan Fair Trade yarn.
When she is not in the studio, you can find Lois traveling with her husband and dog in their RV exploring the backroads, traveling to fiber events, or spending time with her kids and grandkids teaching them to weave, knit, or spin.
Lois has always been a bit of a wildflower, seeking out new experiences, never knowing where they will lead. At 40, she returned to college and reinvented herself, finding her calling in the world of fiber art.
Lois was destined to be a weaver. She felt a déjà vu moment while stirring her first dye pot and had an overwhelming sense that she had done this before. Sitting at her loom for the first time, weaving felt so natural to her that she realized it was what she was meant to do. For the first time, she made the connection with her birth name—Weaver—and realized that she was picking up the craft of her ancestors.
Born to Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonites and raised in the deep South, Lois was influenced by the rich confluence of cultures she experienced there. Her love of fiber traditions around the world and her urgent need to travel and explore comes from her experiences growing up. She has visited and lived in many places relishing in the traditions, experiencing the people, and absorbing the colors of the landscape that make each moment unique and special, just like her designs.
Lois has a passion for teaching and designing patterns for rigid heddle and pin loom weavers. Her patterns are a cut above the rest because she designs them to be easily followed by both novice and veteran artisans, including photos of each step of the process. Her designs have been featured by Patternworks and Cotton Clouds, Inc. She has designed weaving patterns and kits for Tahki Stacy Charles Yarn, Classic Elite Yarn, Universal Yarn Company, Elemental Effects, and Ancient Arts Yarn. She was recently commissioned to design a rigid heddle version of the Tintes Naturales Friendship Towel kit, for which she also designed two garments with this Guatemalan Fair Trade yarn.
When she is not in the studio, you can find Lois traveling with her husband and dog in their RV exploring the backroads, traveling to fiber events, or spending time with her kids and grandkids teaching them to weave, knit, or spin.