Little Looms

Easy Weaving with Little Looms is a perennial favorite. By popular demand, it will now be available by subscription. Each issue will have the mix of 18–22 projects, techniques, and features you love, expanding the focus on fundamental weaving skills, creative inspiration, and innovative applications. Each issue is designed to have something for beginning and more experienced weavers. In addition to the core subjects of rigid-heddle and pin-loom weaving, Little Looms regularly includes projects and articles about tapestry, tablet weaving, and inkle weaving.

Little Looms

EDITORIAL

TARTAN

FANCY FINDINGS • Treat your stash to a new chunky cotton perfect for rigid-heddle weaving, and then treat yourself to a brand new loom or a miniaturized version of one of your favorite looms.

ADORABLE BEASTS • 30 PIN LOOM ANIMALS + 4 PLAYSCAPES

ADORABLE BEASTS EXCERPT: SLOTH

THE BEAT GOES ON • Maintaining a consistent beat is a challenge for most weavers early in their weaving lives, but I can attest as a 30-year veteran that the beat (struggle) goes on.

WEAVING SQUARED • It’s hip to be square with this selection of weaving looms and tools.

WEAVE TOGETHER WITH HANDWOVEN RETREAT • Join the fun, build community with other small-loom weavers, and surround yourself with weaving at Long Thread Media’s inaugural Weave Together with Handwoven retreat. The four-day event is an all-inclusive retreat where students can relax, take workshops, and build friendships while somebody else takes care of the looms, hotel, meals, and entertainment.

PIN-LOOM PLAIDS AND CHECKS • When we hear the term plaid, tartans come to mind, followed by Scottish kilts, bagpipes, and wondrous clan stories. However, at the core of all plaids and checks is the idea of intersecting horizontal and vertical stripes of varying colors, typically forming a grid or checkered design, and that goes far beyond tartan patterns.

TAPESTRY WEAVING: WEAVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS • Tapestry weaving is a quintessentially slow craft. Every pass must be thoughtful, each technique chosen carefully, and all colors well contemplated. Even learning to weave tapestry is a slow process. Over many years of teaching, we’ve learned to discourage students from taking on too much too soon. Your first tapestry will not be perfect. Your selvedges will not be straight. You will not successfully jump headfirst into double-weft interlock or other complicated techniques unless you first learn the basics—the building blocks—the simple techniques that take time to perfect. The word tapestry is often used as a metaphor for life, and it fits in so many ways: from the importance of unweaving when you’ve made a mistake to the need to hone your skills slowly and carefully.

CELTIC SQUARE BABY BLANKET • Simple squares and rectangles become more than the sum of their parts in these spectacular projects.

MODULAR BLOCK RUNNER

TUMBLING BLOCKS BLANKET

FASHION PLAID WRAP

A QUILTER'S SCARF

CELTIC SQUARE BABY BLANKET

MODULAR BLOCK RUNNER

TUMBLING BLOCKS BLANKET

FASHION PLAID WRAP

A QUILTER'S SCARF

SUNSHINE ON YOUR SHOULDERS • Weave these projects with a touch (or more) of yellow to add a little sunshine to your home and wardrobe.

SPRING FORWARD TOWELS

BLOOMS ON BLUE RUNNER

TABLETOP POP

ESCHER PLACEMATS

PIN-LOOM PATCHWORK BAG

SUNSHINE ON YOUR SHOULDERS

SPRING FORWARD TOWELS

BLOOMS ON BLUE RUNNER

TABLETOP POP

ESCHER PLACEMATS

PIN-LOOM PATCHWORK BAG

CHECKERS TO GO • Combine your love of weaving with your love of games in these three playful projects.

NOUGHTS AND CROSSES

ROYAL CHESSBOARD

CHECKERS TO GO

NOUGHTS AND...