Being able to weave a triangle on a square pin loom is very useful.
Here’s a video on how to do it:
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Teneriffe Lace Fairy
The Teneriffe Lace Fairy is today’s installment of the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along.
I loved designing her and hope that you will enjoy making her.
She’s beautiful when made in other colors, as well as in plain white or ecru.
The Teneriffe Lace Fairy is woven on both the square Teneriffe Lace Loom and the Triangular Teneriffe Lace Loom.
The wings are made by using the ‘how to’ for the second Teneriffe Lace Butterfly: LINK
Here’s the how to video:
The complete list of all the how to videos for the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along is at LINK
To buy the looms from Dewberry Ridge Looms, please go to: LINK
List of Links for Thumbelina Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa Looms
People have been asking for links to the ‘3 Sisters’ Looms- The Thumbelina, Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa looms that I designed and Gary and Donna McFarland of Dewberry Ridge Looms build so beautifully.
I adore these looms…. especially the Thumbelina!
Here’s the link to purchase the looms from Dewberry Ridge Looms : LINK
And, here’s where I first introduced the looms: LINK
Videos: URLS FOR TAPESTRY TECHNIQUES:
Tapestry on the Vasilisa Mollie Whuppie and Thumbelina looms:
Note: The techniques are all the same for all 3 looms:
Thumbelina Loom happiness
URLS FOR VIDEOS OF PROJECTS
for the Thumbelina Loom,
but techniques transfer to Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilYJ0KB7_Hg
STAR BABY instructions:
OCTOPUS PATTERN ON ETSY:
Butterfly Woman Spreads Her Wings Tapestry
In 2012, I wove a tapestry that was quietly part of a series of tapestries that I have been working on for many years:
In the last few weeks, she has let me know that she wanted to really spread her wings….
So, I wove her a face on my hexagon loom from Dewberry Ridge looms: LINK
I built a little loom to weave hands for her, and stitched on butterflies that I had designed and crocheted many years ago.
I used really thick wire to make and armature for one of the larger butterflies.
And, then, she had wings!
I am so pleased with her, and she is very pleased with me, too!
She’s about 39 inches/100 cm tall and her wingspan is about 22 inches (55 cm).
Here’s a little video that I made about her:
My book, Peg Looms and Weaving Sticks LINK shows you how to weave tapestries on the peg loom.
If you’d like to know how to weave tapestries on the hexagon loom, here’s a how to video:
After a very long, very cold and very snowy and icy winter, I do believe that Spring and Butterflies on their way!
3 panel Triangle loom shawl woven on 3 foot tri loom
Recently, I designed a fun shawl, and made a video about how to weave a shawl with a collar using 3 triangles woven on the 3ft triangle loom.
The border is made up of triangles woven on the potholder loom.
Here’s the video: The video is full of hints and tips for triangle loom weaving in ‘outside the box’ ways.
Here are 2 ways of weaving triangles on the potholder loom:
I used the first method for this shawl: How to weave a triangle on the potholder loom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ahC…
How to weave a triangle on the bias on the potholder loom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-GN…
I made a separate video about how to stitch the pieces of the shawl together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tKIy… Happy Weaving!
Blue Butterfly Mermaid Tapestry and how to weave tapestry on a triangle loom
When someone on facebook asked if it was possible to weave tapestry on triangle looms, I thought: ‘Great question!’
and then … ‘Of course it is!’
and then….’I have to try it to see if it really is!’
I had been mulling over weaving a new Mermaid tapestry for quite awhile, and had woven narrow bands on my Structo 4 harness loom as well as my rigid heddle box loom, to start.
I had a big ‘aha!’ about weaving the rest of the mermaid using my 14 inch triangle loom from Dewberry Ridge Looms. LINK
Because there are a few things to know about weaving tapestry on a triangle loom, I made a short video as part of the video about the Blue Butterfly Mermaid tapestry – it’s close to the end of the video.
I used other looms to weave the other elements of the tapestry: a hexagon woven in copper wire on the Lily Speed o Weave Loom, narrow bands woven on the 4 harness vintage Structo loom, narrow bands woven on a rigid heddle box loom, 2 small triangles woven on the 7 inch Lil Weaver loom from Dewberry Ridge Looms and some tatting.
The hair is twisted cord made with a cord twister from Lacis.com.
The metallic threads used in the tapestry are from Kreinik. LINK
Here’s the video:
Hexagon Loom techniques- Flower motifs on the 2 inch hexagon loom
I have made a video tutorial using the 2 inch hexagon loom from Dewberry Ridge Looms to make 2 kinds of flower motifs.
Also, there are tips about working with metallic threads from Kreinik Threads.
The circular warping technique is shown.
Happy Weaving!
Tapestry on the 3 Sisters looms
I made a video that shows how to weave square, triangle and diagonal motifs on the Thumbelina, Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa looms.
But… it was 2 hours long! Whoa! That’s just too long.
So, I thought: I wonder if I can figure out how to ‘fast forward’ it?
And, I did!
But, I think that I got a little enthusiastic with the fast forward function- LOL!
I turned a 2 hour video into a 2 MINUTE video!
Prepare for take off… buckle your seat belt…. here we go!
Um…. next time, I might not speed things up ~quite~ so much!
Happy weaving!
Tapestry Techniques- Part 2 woven on the Mollie Whuppie loom
I have posted a new video tutorial that is the second in a series of how to weave tapestry on the Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa looms.
I designed the Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa looms and Dewberry Ridge makes them. They’re wonderful!
This video shows how to
1- Start the weaving at the curved edge while weaving side to side.
2- How to fill the curved space that will form by using eccentric weaving (weaving that doesn’t go all the way from side to side).
3- How to weave dots of color.
4- How to use hatching to make a pattern- in this case, a circle shape in the middle of the weaving is made by alternating 2 colors of yarn.
5- How to finish the straight edge at the end of the weaving.
Here’s the video:
To see how to set up the Mollie Whuppie loom please go to my previous post, which will take you to the first video in this series: LINK
To buy the Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa looms, please go to:
www.dewberryridge.com
Tapestry Techniques on the Vasilisa and Mollie Whuppie Looms- Part 1
Video tutorial by Noreen Crone-Findlay showing some tapestry weaving techniques for the Vasilisa loom.
The following techniques are covered in this ‘how to’ video tute:
1- How to warp the Vasilisa (and Mollie Whuppie) loom
2- How to secure the lower edge
3- How to prepare for weaving by making a cartoon, and the protective layers of cardboard and plastic for the cartoon, then weaving in the shed stick
4- How to weave vertical lines using the ‘pick and pick’ technique
5- How to change colors to turn the vertical lines into checkerboard pattern
6- How to weave a circle motif in contrasting colors, showing how to weave up to the circle motif to create the supporting structure for it.
7- How to weave the circle in pick and pick technique
8- How to complete weaving the background
9- How to finish the upper edge
10- How to stitch the gaps closed
The Vasilisa loom is used in this video, but the techniques shown work just as well on the Mollie Whuppie and Thumbelina looms.
The Vasilisa, Mollie Whuppie and Thumbelina looms were designed by Noreen Crone-Findlay and are built by and available from Dewberry Ridge Looms.
THREE SISTERS PIN LOOMS LI'L WEAVERS
This is the first in a series of videos showing techniques for weaving tapestry on the 3 Sisters (Thumbelina, Mollie Whuppie and Vasilisa) Looms.
Happy weaving!
And, here’s the video
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