Caring for woven wall hangings and tapestries
I am often asked how to care for woven wall hangings and tapestries. The answer is quite simple.
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An error in the Potholder Loom Weaving book
An astute weaver caught an error in the Potholder Loom Weaving book: I made a little video that shows exactly where to look on page 52 of the Potholder Loom Weaving book to correct the error in the...
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Potholder Loom Weaving- Working with Shed Sticks
If your weaving hook is too short to reach across your potholder loom, using a shed stick will solve that problem. Also, you can use a shed stick when you are weaving twills, too. Here’s the video: The...
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100 Little Comfort Bears in January 2020
I have been making Comfort Bears for a community in Northern Saskatchewan. One of our close relatives has been working with people in the town because of his job. When he heard that there is a high...
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How to Fold and Origami Box
I have been folding little Origami boxes to help me organize the Comfort Bears as I weave them. People have asked me for instructions on how to make the Origami boxes, so here’s a video tutorial on...
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Corrections for typo errors in the Potholder Loom Weaving book
Oh dear! 3 more errors in the Potholder Loom Weaving book have surfaced: Page 51, lines 1 and 2 have typos. Here’s the correction: And: Page 59, in the Diamond Twill pattern for the 18 peg...
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The Mighty Big Mamma Potholder loom- yay!
I am so delighted to introduce a wonderful, yummy new potholder loom: The Mighty Big Mamma Potholder Loom She’s a 36 nail potholder loom that weaves a 12 inch square. The Mighty Big Mamma Potholder...
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Color weaving on the Potholder loom- Simple stripes
Weaving simple stripes on the potholder loom isn’t quite as simple as it seems…. There’s a trick to it, and I have made a video showing how to do it. This technique will make other color work easier...
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Color weaving on the potholder loom- Hounds Tooth Checks
Here’s another installment in my series of video tutorials on weaving with yarn on the potholder loom, using colorwork techniques. I hope that these videos will bring you some respite from the...
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A Yarn Baby Doll that Hugs Your Finger
Today, I figured out how to make a Yarn Baby (Yarn Tassel Doll) that hugs your finger like the Comfort Bears. We all need a little extra comfort these days, so having a small yarn doll in your pocket...
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Upcycling old crochet cotton with potholder looms
For many years, I have adopted all the stray balls of crochet cotton that I have found at the thrift shop. I have happily been using them in many different ways, but now they are coming together to be...
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Potholder Loom Techniques- The Lower Left Hand Corner and a gift
Yesterday, I was so touched to receive a lovely package in the mail. In the package, there were 2 vintage/antique Teneriffe Lace looms (Polka looms) and books and several other treasures. It’s a lovely...
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How to Make a Simple Mermaid Doll with Yarn
Mermaids are a beautiful metaphor for staying afloat, no matter how hard the waves may crash upon the rocks. This video tutorial shows how I took the idea of Yarn Baby (Tassle) dolls and created...
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Woven Window Hearts
One of the lovely things that people are doing during the pandemic is to hang hearts in the window to cheer up passers by. This video shows some of the window hearts that I have woven on the 6 inch...
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How to Weave on the Bias on the Pro Size and Mighty Big Mamma Potholder Looms
I have been enjoying weaving kitchen cloths on the Pro Size and Mighty Big Mamma potholder looms with old crochet cotton odds and ends that I have bought at Thrift Shops over the years. The fabric...
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Potholder Loom Techniques-How to Weave Checks and Plaidishes and sew them...
Weaving with yarn on the potholder loom gives so many options for creative colorwork. This video tutorial shows how to use just 2 colors of yarn to weave all kinds of checks and ‘plaid-ishes’ (yes I...
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Potholder Loom Techniques- 2 Step Fine Sett Weaving- Tabby
I love to expand the creative possibilities of small loom weaving, and so one way that I have done that is to develop a technique that I call the ‘2 Step Fine Sett Weaving Technique’. Here’s a video on...
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Potholder Loom Techniques- 2 Step Fine Sett Weaving- Twills
In my previous post, I showed how to weave 2 Step Fine Sett Weaving on the potholder loom working plain weave. This video shows how to weave Twills on the Potholder Loom, using the 2 Step Fine Sett...
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How to Weave Triangular Leaf and Petal Shapes on Pin Looms
I made this video and some others before all the grieving and conversation about needing to completely re-create the world as we have known it. It felt to me that it was important to just be quiet and...
View ArticleHow to Videos for Weaving with the 2 Inch Pin Loom
One of my most favorite looms to weave on is the tiny 2 inch pin loom. Here are a few videos that I have made, showing some fun techniques and projects for the 2 inch pin loom. How to weave small...
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