![]() Several textile crafts made the list, but weaving didn’t make the final, 52-week cut. “It was the beginning of me saying, ‘What do I really like to do?’ It’s interesting when you let yourself follow where things are going to see where you might end up, and how much happier you can feel as a result,” she explains. She had just moved to Boulder from Los Angeles and was attempting to unravel the effects of a high-intensity “workaholic” career in advertising. “I started with some things I knew I liked and let it evolve from there,” she says. She chronicled them in her blog, 52 to Do, in attempt to figure out what she really, actually liked doing. I will try this on the other sized looms and add that information here later.From January 2011 to January 2012, Boulder artist Darcie Shively tried 52 new things. It follows the same pattern: skip one, around two, keeping in mind that there is no gap. It’s just about the same as weaving any other three pin loom. And No, we don’t sell anything like this needle. A bit larger and stronger than your Multi needle is recommended. If you don’t have a clever husband who just happens to have an old car radio antenna in his collection of “stuff” out of which to make you a really long weaving needle you can use any you happen to have on hand to weave this. ![]() That’s going to put a lot of stress on your yarn so you might want to work with half at a time. ![]() You’ll need about 12 Yards of yarn to weave this square, that’ll be about 9 wraps around the nails. You[‘ll repeat the pattern making sure your yarn runs straight between the previous layer of yarn. Go around the three corner nails and back down. Go around two on the corner and back to the left side, skip 1, around two all the way up and end on the top left. continue across in pattern, skip 1, around 2. working yarn at the bottom(toward you).īring yarn around 2 pins and up to the top, skip one and around the next 2 and down to the bottom. Start with a long slip knot over top 2 and bottom 2 nails on the left side. This one used Loops a & Threads Impeccable, worsted weight #4. If you do you can post a comment her4 about how it worked. I expect it’ll be different on other sizes but have not tested it. Weaving Multi style on the 12″ Quilt Weaver Loom Now you are done! Take it off the loom and start another! At this point you can use the needle that came with your loom or finished with the hook if you prefer. Cut the colored yarn long enough to weave though with at least a 4″ long tail. At this point you can cut your white yarn leaving a long enough tail to weave it in later if you wish. This pattern requires a 5th row to finish. It replaces the pin just to the right of the corner pin. When you reach the next to last round you will once again find you are short a pin so get out another safety pin. Then place your white yarn and continue weaving.ģ. ![]() Weave the white though but before you place it on a pin, move the previous colored yarn down to the pin before it. Because the number of pins on the sides of this type of loom is uneven you have to “add” a pin. Continue weaving until you reach the 9th pin. ![]() Weave another round, being careful not to twist the first loop. Put the loop over the top pin with your working yarn to the bottom and the safety pin on the outside of the pins as in the photo.Ģ.
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