Category Archives: Loom & looms & small loom weaving
Bead love
I love beads- how could I NOT love beads? The colors! the textures! the complete wonderfulness of them- sigh…. For many years, I did a lot of off loom beading- using brick stitch and peyote stitch to create pieces like … Continue reading
Whatcha working on these days? he asked
Last week, a friend asked me what I was working on these days. In response, I rattled off a list of projects and tasks that is the length of my arm. The next day, as I was leaving the dentist, … Continue reading
How to weave a heart motif on a pin board loom
Hearts are one of my most favorite design motifs ever. I decided that I should design a tiny little woven heart motif as a project for the ‘Stitch Red’ heart health campaign, and also work as an embellishment on a … Continue reading
A video showing the Woven Women Mermaids Song tapestry
I am working on a large series of woven and mixed fiber media pieces that I am calling: Woven Women. I am almost done a fairly large piece, called: Mermaid’s Song: PLEASE DO NOT PIN THESE IMAGES She’s large- 6 … Continue reading
Weaving a vest on my Structo loom
The other day, I had a big ‘aha’ moment. My husband is a jazz musician and composer and completely awesome bundle of wonderfulness, and I love weaving beeeeeuuuuutiful shirts for him to wear when he’s performing. (last year’s Jazz festival … Continue reading
Panda cuteness
I have to confess that I am a sucker for Pandas. The bond was formed in childhood, when my beloved teddy was a panda (a pink and white one at that- you can see the very tiny homage I made … Continue reading
Filed under knitting, Loom & looms & small loom weaving
How to weave tiny fish on the Martha Stewart loom
I needed to make a long narrow piece to fill a gap in a woven piece that I am working on. I thought…. why weave a rectangle, when I could weave a whole string of little fishies! A few years … Continue reading
Woven Bunny free pattern
I designed a bunny for Lion Brand, using the Martha Stewart loom (which I love) and, the bunny pattern is now available, freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee on the Lion Brand website. Here’s the link: Bunny pattern Happy weaving! and happy bunny fun!
Peg loom tapestry Dreaming the Well
PLEASE DO NOT PIN THE IMAGES OF MY WOVEN WOMEN SERIES THANK YOU. I am working on a series of woven piece, called, ‘Woven Women’. Here is my most recent Woven Woman, ‘Dreaming the Well’. I wove her on a … Continue reading
Vintage Peacock looms are not toy looms
Recently, I read a couple of notes on a forum in which someone said that the vintage Peacock loom is just a toy and not worth weaving with. I was taken aback by that…. just because a loom is small … Continue reading
