Go Beyond Plain Weave on the Pin Loom
There’s no reason for loom envy when you can weave gorgeous, textured patterns on your pin loom.
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There’s no reason for loom envy when you can weave gorgeous, textured patterns on your pin loom.
Random warping is harder than you might think! Learn how Christina approached random color changes in her Rule of Three Towels.
Learn how yarn colors will interact before you start your project with pin-loom gamps.
Embroidery floss is relatively inexpensive, comes in a wide variety of colors, and those tiny skeins seem to multiply when left alone. But can you use them on your rigid-heddle loom?
In this second part of Designing with Hexagons: Going 3D, Gabi van Tassell introduces more concepts for designing 3D objects using hexagons.
Designs made with hexagons don’t have to be flat. You can fold, sew, and ruffle hexagons to create 3D designs.
On the rigid-heddle loom, Susan E. Horton designs gorgeous towels and napkins that have all the drape and absorbency of a floor loom–woven towel but with much less time spent warping.
Did you know that you can use the clasped-warp technique with more than just plain weave?
I would like to have a set of handwoven placemats that match my everyday dishes. I have been using store-bought placemats for the past 25 years, and for almost that entire time, I have been thinking about weaving placemats of my own design.