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I might not have a holiday table, but I’ll have a Fourth of July dog.

You don’t have to weave with kids to teach them to love weaving.

Once you start weaving hexagons it's hard to stop. Learn how Susan E. Horton fell in love with the hexagon pin loom.

One of my goals when creating each issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms is that the projects are diverse enough that folks can build their skills by weaving through them. The 2020 issue is no exception.

I’d like to show all 23 projects and give you brief descriptions of each article, but instead I asked some of the Handwoven and Long Thread Media crew what made them excited about the 2020 Little Looms.

I felt that same joy when I got to explore London, Denver, and other big cities. So when we needed a third “place” themed-project section for our 2019 issue of Little Looms, I knew it had to be one that paid homage to the city.

It should come as no surprise that when we were choosing our themed sections for the 2019 issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms, the first one I suggested was Summers at the Shore.

The 2019 edition of Easy Weaving with Little Looms is dedicated to weaving that evokes a sense of place. When we first came up with the project themes for this issue, having a section dedicated to woodsy weaving was a no-brainer.

For the 2019 issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms, the project that caught my eye immediately was Margaret Stump’s pin-loom woven (Not So) Big Bad Wolf Scarf.

You can add a second heddle and push the limits of rigid-heddle weaving, even creating twill and doubleweave on a rigid-heddle loom!

With this issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms, I invite you to put down the phone, turn down the static, and find a reason to take a trip to (or with!) your loom.

Using 2 pick-up sticks and plenty of patience, Elisabeth Hill wove her truly spectacular Taconic Tonic Scarf for Handwoven Loom Theory.