Her work combines design technology with the craftsmanship of hand weaving. She designs and plots her weaving patterns using computerized design software and then hand weaves her patterns using up to eight different shuttles to create weftback weaves and brocade areas in her pieces. Cathryn Amidei has been weaving Jacquard by hand and at mills for 15 years. She spent a year working at Digital Weaving Norway and has travelled extensively teaching and training on the TC2 Jacquard loom.