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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
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 Posted - Aug 15 2011 : 4:44:37 PM
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I got my daughter a little plastice square weaving loom with the stretchy loops.. you know, most little girls do this, I know I did!
She makes little squares, only about 6x6 in after the stretchy loops are taken off. I'm wondering if there is a way that you can wrap yarn around and weave that way.. I'm sure you can, I just don't know how to start. If we can do this.. she can make all sorts of squares and we can sew them together. Much more useful then the tiny things she's making now.
Thanks!
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
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22angel
True Blue Farmgirl
498 Posts
Pam
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - Aug 16 2011 : 5:34:34 PM
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I have one that sounds similar to what you are describing & I have done (well not for a very long time!) it with just regular yarn. I have a wider side & a very narrow side that I find very hard to do in the one up/one down pattern. With the weaving loom came some long plastic needles (seriously, they are like 8 inches long!) that work wonderfully for many things besides weaving. My weaving loom is about 7 1/2 inches square. I don't have any of the stretchy loop things (I never could find any after I ran out of the originals that came with it), I always just use yarn, whatever I happened to have laying around. Have fun experimenting!
Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself.
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LaceMistress
Farmgirl in Training
28 Posts
New York
USA
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Posted - Aug 17 2011 : 11:30:21 AM
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There actually is...I discovered it by accident a while back. I would suggest using wool yarn so it can felt, as the squares end up rather thin. That of course would shrink the squares quite a bit, but you might make a quilt out of felt?
Anyway, take the yarn and make a slip knot at one end, and fasten the loop to a peg on the loom. If this is a potholder loom, like what I used for this, go ahead and set up the warp threads as you would for a normal potholder. Cut off the yarn and tie to the last peg you're using for your warp.
Now comes the somewhat tricky part. The weft will be double threads, whereas the warp is only single threads. Tie the yarn to the first weft peg and, using a hook (or the tool that came with the loom), weave over and under the warp and hook the yarn at that first peg. Bring it back through--you'll have two threads, don't worry! Loop the yarn over the opposite peg (it should have absolutely no twists in it). Now, go back to that first peg, take up the ball end of your yarn, and hitch it around the next peg. Repeat process til all pegs are used. Bind off the threads in the normal way--start with the first thread and go in the opposite direction from where the ball thread is still attached. At the end, either cut your ball thread and tie off as you would for crochet or knitting, or crochet a border around the piece and finish off the normal way for crochet.
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Too much thread, so little time! |
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2011 : 9:48:25 PM
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Love this tutorial! Thank you!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
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Farmer Judy
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Judy
North Aurora
IL
USA
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Posted - Aug 20 2011 : 12:23:37 PM
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My grandma used to crochet, so to speak, looping each into the next and using an additional loop and tied the remaining loop to the additional loop, tied in a way to use as a knob hook
God bless,
Judy
Born a city girl but a farm girl at heart!
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 4:09:42 PM
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Elise, would you be interested in 2 one gallon bags of the colored loops that go with that loom? I found the loom at a thrift store and would like to keep it for weaving. However, I can send you the 2 bags of loops that came with it. Just e-mail me your address. (no charge to a little girl enjoying weaving).
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2011 : 1:16:14 PM
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Karen, thanks for that link!!
My daughter requested some new pot holders when she moved into her apartment, and it's not easy to find decent loops. I also knit cotton washcloths, so I already have all the materials that I need. It's one of those times when you mutter why didn't I think of that? |
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Aug 30 2011 : 09:04:43 AM
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Well this post got me back to cardboard weaving. I presently doing up a bag on my old cardboard loom. Stealing time where I can to do so.
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
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Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 11:43:53 AM
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Thank you Judith! Sorry it took me so long to respond.. we were on vacay, strangely enough, in Iowa! We were back visiting family. I'll email ya quick..
Thanks again for all the advice ladies!
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
http://ranchmama.blogspot.com/ |
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