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How to Make Simple Doll Clothes from Woven Triangles
Here is a video tutorial about how to make sweet and simple doll clothes using triangles that are woven on small triangle or pin or potholder looms. The video shows the doll clothes being modeled by...
View ArticleHow to Weave Using Upcycled Teabag Yarn 2 Nails at a Time on Pin Looms
If you want to weave with bulky yarn on a pin loom, it can be challenging. I’ve made a video, using Upcycled Teabag yarn (here’s the link on how to make upcycled Teabag Yarn: LINK) as the bulky yarn...
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Tips for Weaving With Teabag Yarn on the Diagonal on Potholder Looms
One of my favorite things is to find creative new ways to make small looms even more useful by thinking ‘outside the box’ on how I weave with them. So, that’s what this video is about…. Here it is:...
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How to Make a Tutu for Dolls Using Upcycled Cloth Tea Bags
For links to video on how to upcycle cloth tea bags into Teabag Yarn, and how to weave triangles with it, please go to: LINK I love finding fun and unique ways to upcycle things, and so I have had so...
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Quick and Easy Clip On Pouches to Weave on Potholder Looms
Our small dog inspired me to weave a clip on pouch to carry hand sanitizer. She picked up a chicken bone when we were walking and I had to stick my fingers in her mouth to get it out. Oh, so in need of...
View ArticleEmbroidering on Hand Woven Fabric
If you would like to embellish your hand woven (or knitted or crocheted) fabric with embroidery, but aren’t quite sure how to do it, then I have some suggestions for you. I have made a video showing...
View ArticleTiny Woven Snowmen are so much fun
One of my most favorite things to do at Christmas time is to make ‘the ornament of the year’ to give to family and friends. I usually end up making a LOT of them and it’s totally delightful. This...
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Hearts and Flowers Large Teneriffe Lace Loom
All through the Covid pandemic, I have been working on designing and fine tuning a large new Teneriffe Lace loom that is my response to the situation that we are all in. I wanted to create a loom that...
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Carving Wooden Spoons is delightful
Oh my goodness! Carving wooden spoons is just wonderful! Hard work, yes. but…. ohhhh…. At Solstice of December 2020, I cajoled my husband to let me open an intriguing package instead of waiting until...
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Learning to love the surprises when carving wooden dolls
I absolutely love carving wooden dolls, and have learned that the dolls have ways of taking me in unexpected directions while I am carving them. This little bunny was carved from upcycled maple wood- a...
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How to Spin and Weave Brown Paper Yarn
One of my favorite eco friendly crafts is spinning yarn from brown paper…. This video shows how: And, then, I love to weave the brown paper yarn into all kinds of fun things like this bunny and teddy...
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How to Build a Folding Wooden Doll Chair
After I carved and wove 3 dolls that didn’t fit the doll furniture that I already had, (see Brown Paper Yarn Dolls) , I decided that I had to build them each a chair. And so I built them each their...
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How to Weave a Butterfly on the Mirrix Saffron Loom
I have been weaving a lot of butterflies lately, as a metaphor of hope, transformation, healing, creativity, community, and so much more. These butterflies are ones that I designed to weave on the...
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Tatting Shuttles by Noreen Crone-Findlay and useful video links too
Tatting is one of my most favorite things- I never leave the house without a little tin or pouch that has tatting shuttles, thread, a tiny hook and tiny scissors in it. I have been busy in the...
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How to make lucet cord with the Vasilisa Doll Lucets
I have been enjoying designing and carving Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that are also lucet cord makers. If you would like to adopt one of the Vasilisa Comfort Doll lucets, please send me a message. Here’s...
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How to make lucet cord with the Bee and Ladybug Vasilisa Doll lucets
In my previous post, LINK, I showed how to make lucet cord with the Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that have peg legs. There are also links to a whole slew of videos that I have made about what to make with...
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A Basket Full of Woven Teddy Bears for the Summer Weaving Challenge
I have been weaving up a delightful basket of bears for the week of Aug 8- 14, 2022. That’s the week that I will be leading the Summer Weaving Challenge that is hosted by Mirrix looms. The Teddy Bears...
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All the Links for the Noreen part of the Summer Weaving Challenge 2022
This post is where I’ll be putting all the links to all the ‘how to’ videos for the woven Teddy Bears that I have designed for the Mirrix Summer Weaving Challenge for the summer of 2022. The videos...
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Saffron Teddy Bear – How to Weave the Body Lots of Different Ways
When I started designing the Teddy Bears to weave on the Saffron loom from Mirrix for the 2022 Summer Weaving Challenge, I had NO IDEA that I would go down such an amazing Rabbit Hole There are so...
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Teddy Bears Adventures and Picnic
The Saffron Woven Teddy Bears invited some wooden teddy bears and tiny woven bears to have an adventure with them, and then to join them for a picnic. They climbed onto some tractors and into some...
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