Woven brooches are a quick and easy eco friendly gift to weave on a pin loom – any 2 or 3 inch pin loom will work fine.
The bases of the brooches are made using bottle caps or shapes cut from plastic jugs or other bits and pieces pulled from the recycling bin.
Here’s the video showing how to make them:
I wanted to wrap my daughter with love, so I decided to weave her a stole or scarf that has the hand prints of our near and dear.
And in the hand prints, are little hearts that I wove on my heart loom. LINK for how to weave them.
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I wove the triangles on the 14 inch triangle loom from Dewberry Ridge looms LINK
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And showed how to do the chain stitch drawings: LINK
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And, how to weave the flower from hearts: LINK
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Because the scarf/stole/shawl will be seen from both sides, I stitched a heart to each side of the stole :o)
I plan on crocheting an edge around it eventually, but am holding off on that until we are sure that we don’t want more triangles added to it.
I love being able to pour my love into a special gift- with love in every stitch! 😀
In every stitch is a wish for happiness!
Noreen Crone-Findlay, designer and author
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