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Get this site: $250Weddings for two families · Wefton Cross
Commonweave plans and makes weddings for couples who come from two ways of doing things. We sit down with both families, keep what matters to each side, and make the ceremony, the cloth, the flowers and the paper that hold one day together.
First conversations 45 minutes, free, no obligation. Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
What we make
We are six people, two looms and a cold room full of flowers. Book any of these on its own, or all four inside a package.
Together with both our families
Ada & Oren
ask you to the long table
Saturday, the ninth of May
two in the afternoon
The Old Dye House · Wefton Cross
We write the order of the day with both families at the table: who walks in, who speaks, which ritual comes from which side, and in what language.
For example: a cord tied by one grandmother, a cup passed around by the other, and one reading in two languages, a line each.
from$1,400
Cords, runners and canopies woven on our two looms, with one family's color in the warp and the other's in the weft. You keep the cloth afterward.
A ten-foot runner takes about four weeks on the loom. A ceremony cord takes three.
from$180
Arrangements that carry a plant from each side: an herb from one grandmother's garden, a branch the other family always cuts in spring. Seasonal, from growers near the studio.
Tell us what grew at home. We will find it, or its nearest cousin.
from$900
Invitations, ceremony programs and place cards, set in one language or two, and sewn shut with a two-color thread instead of glued.
Two languages get equal type size. Nobody's grandmother reads the small print.
from$8 an invitation
The two-traditions loom
Four questions, two answers each. One side's picks set the warp, the threads that run top to bottom. The other side's set the weft, the threads that cross them. We weave in a two-over-two twill, so neither color stays on top for long.
Type your own names, then choose.
Ada and Oren: a day in vermilion and indigo. It opens with hands tied with a cord, from Ada's side, and one candle lit from two, from Oren's. The music runs from a lullaby a grandmother used to sing to a song in the old language. At the table: flatbread with honey, and sweet rice with cardamom.
Bring this to a first conversationPackages
No third tier to make the middle one look cheap, and no badge telling you what other people chose. Pick by the size of your day. If the smaller one fits, we will tell you so.
At 50 guests, the Shared Table covers everything. You don't need the bigger one.
Up to 60 guests
from$6,800
One ceremony and one long meal, with both families at the same table.
Fits your number
60 to 180 guests
from$14,500
A ceremony and a reception, with room for more of each side's rituals.
Fits your number
| What you get | The Shared Table | The Long Weave |
|---|---|---|
| Guests | Up to 60 | 60 to 180 |
| Ceremony design | Yes, with both families | Yes, with both families |
| Reception design | Not included | Included |
| Family Table sessions | One | Two |
| Woven pieces | A cord or a runner | A cord, a runner and a canopy |
| Flowers | Ceremony and table | Ceremony, every table and the door |
| Paper | Invitations and place cards, 60 | Full suite, up to 180 |
| Languages on paper | Up to two | Up to two |
| Us on the day | Two people, 8 hours | Four people, 12 hours |
| Deposit | 25%, only after you both sign | 25%, only after you both sign |
| Cancel before we dye | All of it back | All of it back |
How it works
Five turns, from hello to the last chair stacked. The two knots on the cord mark the only places where anyone commits to anything.
YouWe come from two families who do everything differently.
UsGood. That is the work. Book a first conversation: 45 minutes, free, both of you if you can. We ask about your families. You owe us nothing.
Nothing is booked
YouOur parents want a say.
UsThen they get a seat. A Family Table session is two hours at the studio with one elder from each side, a pot of tea and a long roll of paper. It costs $180, and comes off your package if you go ahead.
Optional
YouSo what would all of it cost?
UsWithin a week you get a written proposal: every item, every price, and which side each ritual comes from. Change anything. Or say no. There is no fee for no.
You decide: yes or no
YouYes. Let's make it.
UsThen you both sign, not just one of you. We take a 25% deposit, dye the thread and warp the loom. The cloth takes four to six weeks.
Both signatures, then the deposit
YouAnd on the day?
UsTwo of us arrive with the cloth at setup and stay until the last chair is stacked. We cue the songs, carry the cord, and make sure both grandmothers have a seat in the front row.
The studio
We work from the old dye house on Skein Street, by the canal in Wefton Cross. Two looms, a cold room for flowers, a press for paper, and one long table where every first conversation happens. On Saturdays the week's cloth is still on the loom. Come and look.
Questions
Anything else, ask at the long table. There is no wrong question about whose aunt sits where.
Often, yes. We write ceremonies with two officiants, with one, and with none. We ask each family what must happen, what must not, and what can move. Where two things cannot share a moment, we give each one its own.
Money and say are kept apart here. Both families get a Family Table session and equal time in the ceremony, whoever pays. If that is a hard conversation at home, we can hold it at the studio.
They will, a little. We write down both versions, show you what each costs in money and in minutes, and the two of you decide. We never break a tie for you.
Yes. Everything in the list under the packages can be ordered on its own. A woven cord takes about three weeks, so tell us early.
Gladly. We send each of them a one-page timeline of the day, so everyone knows which ritual comes when and who is holding the cord.
Anywhere within a day's drive of Wefton Cross is included. Further than that, we add travel at cost and put the figure in the proposal before you sign anything.
Before we dye your thread, you get all of it back. After that, we keep what we have spent on materials, return the rest, and show you the receipts.
First conversation