Little Looms · No. 2003
Easy Weaving with Little Looms Spring 2023
Weave cloth that’s got to be touched to be believed with projects made from sumptuous silks, cozy wools, crisp linen, bumpy bouclés, and so much more.
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Little Looms · No. 2003
Weave cloth that’s got to be touched to be believed with projects made from sumptuous silks, cozy wools, crisp linen, bumpy bouclés, and so much more.
Weave-along project downloads from Easy Weaving with Little Looms Spring 2023, ready in the Library.
AAA pin-loom swatch was all it took for Yvonne to fall in love with the airy qualities of the aptly named Berroco Aerial yarn. Wearing this light and breezy scarf is like wrapping yourself in a cloud, but you’ll find it is a sturdy accessory, one your friends will want to borrow.
AACelebrate lambing season with this sheepy pillow created with two sizes of pin looms, a textured weave, and simple construction. Deborah based her design on Valais Blacknose sheep with their white fleeces and black heads and legs.
AACreating these small pillows makes stash-busting easy and fun as you weave hexagons and then decorate them with stitching. Carol stitched cheerful motifs of hearts, birds, bees, farm animals, and butterflies, and she assembled the pillows using crochet.
AAAmong the many things to love about weaving are easy projects that look complicated and use 8/2 cotton. These rigid-heddle–woven towels made from variegated 8/2 cotton tick both of those boxes.
AAFly away in this pin-loom–woven wrap that uses elongated hexagons to create its plumage. Overlapping layers create a feathered texture for the rectangular poncho that is fully size-adjustable.
AAJust because the calendar says it’s spring doesn’t mean the nip in the air has left. Your hands will be warm and happy in this soft and cozy piece while your thoughts turn to the warmer weather ahead.
AAUse a pair of pick-up sticks to create texture on the rigid-heddle loom reminiscent of a garden trellis. An asymmetrical flap adds interest, and a twisted cord finishes off this handy bag. Make it your own with an optional pin-loom flower or a bit of embroidery on the flap.
AAPiece together a simple garment using pin-loom–woven hexagons and imagine what other clothes you may be able to construct with the same easy assembly method. This loose-fitting coat uses hexagonal geometry to casually move colors across the body, creating interesting details. Its style is flattering, comfortable, and wearable for many sizes.
AAWeaving two lace blocks at the same time on the rigid-heddle loom, one with warp floats and the other with weft floats, creates a wonderful ribbonlike texture in this scarf. The floats are quite pronounced along the length of the scarf and stand out in relief, enhanced by a variegated warp and a contrasting-color solid weft.
AACrisp linen, a soft cotton, and a slubby cotton are all you need to weave these cheerful spring napkins on your rigid-heddle loom. Malynda used random striping to evoke the joy she feels when seeing crocuses and tulips push their way through the melting snow in early spring.
AAUse clasped warp and weft to capture the essence of the quietly colorful landscape of balmy Madeira Island. Anu combined solid-colored and variegated Tencel in her warp and weft to create a soft and drapey scarf with two distinctly colored sides.
AAWeave a pair of pin-loom fingerless gloves or a raft of otter mittens for everyone you know. The gloves feature a fun textured pattern and finger channels to keep them in place. The mittens are also fingerless but include a sweet otter-face cap. When you want your fingers exposed, the otter’s button nose holds the mitten cap out of the way.
AACan’t get enough of straight lines and boxes? You just might be a weaver. Tammy added bright color pops to shades of gray in a windowpane grid for these rigid-heddle–woven tea towels that will satisfy your desire for symmetry.
AAAlthough differential shrinkage sounds like a broken car part requiring an expensive fix, it’s the term for the difference in shrinkage between two or more fibers during wet-finishing. In this scarf it has created a wonderful texture that begs to be touched.
AAMaking a full-size Icelandic varafeldur, a Viking-age cloak, is a daunting task, so why not start with an adaptation for the rigid-heddle loom and weave a smaller wall hanging? Whether you choose to buy prewashed and separated locks of Icelandic fleece, or wash and process the wool yourself, this project will take you back in time as you weave curly wool locks using the Icelandic knot technique.
AACenter yourself with these soft pillows and their raised design woven on the rigid-heddle loom using the catenpile technique. Jessica combined a 3/2 cotton warp and cotton chenille weft to create a “peach fuzz” effect in the ground cloth.
Indexed from Easy Weaving with Little Looms Spring 2023, in page order.