![]() Just keep on keepin’ on and you’ll have a lovely weaving in no time. But I had been gone for over a month and I was lad they missed getting crafty with me :) He and Marla were dead set on getting into just about every picture. I like to use a plain ol’ cheapie plastic come to push the yarn down to form a nice, tight weave. You can change colors a you please and even make shapes by only going around certain warps. ![]() Next line go the opposite so that you form your weave. Weaving is really pretty simple… thread your needle and go under and over and under and over. It’s okay if the thread is a bit loose so don’t stress about a really tight fit. Once you get to the last nail measure out where the line needs to loop around and tie your knot in a loop accordingly. Weave up and down and up and down around the nails. Make a loop and tie a knot about half an inch in to make a loop to secure around the first nail. Using crochet thread (or something similar) go around your nails. So we’ll be trading out the nails for ones without heads (like trim nails) instead after this weaving is complete. ![]() I mean, I can do that on about half of them but that’s not going to work out. I thought I could pluck the nails out and put them back into the hole but that didn’t work at all. ![]() NOW – we used nails with heads because it is what I told my dad I wanted. Measure out nails and drive them into the board. Mine is 11×14 inches and I am a big fan of the size. Because you’re making your own, you can make it absolutely any size you please. nails without heads (trim nails work well – we used 60 total)Ĭut your wood to make the DIY loom in the size you prefer.scrap wood (we used 1×2 cut to 11 and 14, 2 pieces each).So I yelled across the house to my dad to ask him to build me one and he did in about 20 minutes. And guess what?! They were like 40-70 bucks and I’m just too cheap for that. DIY your very own loom to make a woven wall hanging using one (or all) of these different types of weavesSubscribe to BuzzFeed Nifty. To be honest I couldn’t even remember if I enjoyed it but I wanted to make one of those awesome wall hangings! So I started looking around at purchasing a loom. But that was in school way, way back when. And I kept seeing tons and tons of woven wall art projects and whatnot and I desperately wanted to get in on the trend. I sat there glassy eyed for ages sorting through pins of those I follow. But when I got back into my account it was like I had rediscovered Pinterest all over again. ![]() You see I’ve been busy living life and spending time with my family. Please reach out with any issues and I will work to resolve the problem with you.My Pinterest account has been woefully neglected the past 50-60 days. No refunds on physical products, such as looms or kits. Subscription membership can be canceled by logging into your account and canceling your subscription. No refunds on digital classes due to the nature of these products not being able to be returned. I only ask that while you are showing off your amazing new skills, you send anyone who is interested in learning my way, instead. You made it, so be proud! However, please do not purchase my classes and share/sell the techniques or patterns via YouTube, Instagram Stories/Posts, Workshops, etc. If you purchased a class and created the project, you are more than welcome to sell the piece if you wish. Patterns, videos, written instructions, photos, and pdf designs are copyright. I made a weaving loom easy to use, inspired by 'table loom 4 shaft' from Ashford, to create beautiful fabrics, with simple graphic patterns. Use whatever materials you have on hand to practice the techniques. Just save the pdf to your computer, device or cloud storage - you have access to it forever! You can work at your own pace. Classes are emailed to you as a downloadable pdf ebook. ![]()
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