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| Annika |
Posted - Aug 25 2011 : 5:14:39 PM
When I was a little girl, my grandpa made these wonderful doilies and pot holders and such. He had these wooden frames with nails that were pounded only part way into the frames in intricate patterns...Gosh I hope I'm remembering this right, it's been a long time! Anyway, he would take string and wind it just so around these nails and when he was done, he'd cut the strings off of the nails and he'd have made one of these beautiful doilies! I'm about as crafty as a wombat, so I have no idea what this is called. Can any of you name this mysterious craft??? I feel like a dunce for asking, but I just gotta know!
Thanks!
Hugs all!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| Karrieann |
Posted - Aug 28 2011 : 10:39:07 PM
...this isn't tatting..to verify
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| AmethystRose |
Posted - Aug 27 2011 : 06:00:21 AM
The weave-it loom is a plastic frame about 3" square with permanent metal pins. You tie yarn on in one corner, then lace the yarn through the pins in three layers, then thread the yarn on a long needle and weave through everything on the fourth pass.
There is another type of loom which was big in the sixties, in a hexagonal shape. It is made of wood or plastic with fixed pins about an inch apart, and you also lace yarn back and forth in several layers, but hold it together on the intersections with cross stitches, sometimes in a different color. It pops off the loom, leaving large loops along the edges. It makes placemats and small hotpads. I've seen these sometimes in thrift stores. You might see ads for them in old needlework magazines. |
| Annika |
Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 11:21:16 AM
It DOES kind of look like a weave-it loom. I am trying to remember if he used a needle or not...it's been about 45 years, so my memory is kind of spotty. I think that he just wound the string back and forth and tied the finished doily off and then clipped it from the loom. I'll do some more searches and see if I can find it. But we are definitely on the right track!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| Marcy |
Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 09:41:40 AM
It does sound like a weave-it loom. I used to have a few of them years ago, but I wasn't using them anymore and I swapped them. Hope you find out what it is! You sure got my curiosity going!
hugs
Marcy
Farmgirl #170
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| pinokeeo |
Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 09:10:40 AM
I'm dying to know what this is. Do you have a picture of it or a link to it?
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| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 07:25:49 AM
If the little nails are on all for sides it probably is a Weave It loom. Google it. JoAnn |
| darlystippie |
Posted - Aug 25 2011 : 5:31:58 PM
Sounds like tatting. Mary Jane's Farm magazine had an article on tatting I think. You might want to check. Although - It might have been in one of her books. I'm sorry I just can't recall exactly where. If I run across it - I'll let you know.
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| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Aug 25 2011 : 5:18:33 PM
Danish string art, or some sort of Scandanavian. I can't remember exactly.
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
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