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

THE EMOTIONAL PALETTE WEAVING WITH THE POWER OF COLOR PSYCHOLOGY • As you select each strand while threading your loom, have you ever paused to consider the emotional impact of your color choices? The hues you weave into your fabrics do more than just please the eye—they speak directly to the soul. This is the essence of color psychology, a field that explores how colors influence our emotions and perceptions. In weaving, understanding this psychological impact is not just useful—it also transforms your craft into a more powerful form of expression.

FANCY FINDINGS • A yarn that will help your weaving shine, a boat shuttle you can use on an inkle loom, an extra-fine rigid heddle, and some colorful cards to make tablet weaving even more enjoyable.

THE LOOM AS ARTISTIC TOOL • On the street where I live, the houses are very close together, like shoe-boxes, with a stoop in the front and a long skinny yard in the back. Many of the houses touch or nearly touch or have an alley just wide enough for a small person to fit between the houses. It's not always clear where one property ends and another begins. Some people care more about their property lines and mark them with tall white plastic fences or rows of brick. Others care less, and their borders are more of a suggestion: a collapsed wire fence, an unruly hedge. Sometimes, there are several generations of fences at the backs of properties, one in front of another. And sometimes people discover, after pulling out old fences, that they own a little more land than they'd thought. In unreachable areas that no one claims or wants to maintain, weedy trees grow, and feral cats have their litters.

Small Looms with Big Potential • If you find yourself inspired by the article on page 14 but don't know what loom to choose, we're here to help. Before choosing a loom, think about what features matter most to you. The looms listed here vary in size, sett (some even have multiple sett options), extra tools, and built-in features. Of course, while they are very different from each other, they'll all allow you to weave small works of art.

inspired by FABERGÉ EGGS • I have always loved eggs. Living on a small farm brings with it the fun of collecting fresh eggs of all colors and sizes. Each egg has unique variations: shades, spots, striations, dimples, or bumps.

A MOTIF IN HONOR of matisse • I was standing in an art museum looking at a wall of Matisse's paper cutouts when the thought arose: “I could do this!” I know what you're thinking: “The audacity!” While yours is indeed the correct response to my outlandish claim, my aim was to see whether similar images could be made using fiber arts. Or, more specifically, could I replicate the iconic colors and bold shapes of Matisse's beautiful paper cutouts on my loom?

LOOK, LISTEN, AND LEARN TUMBLE CUBES • Inspired by the art and architecture of Friedensreich Hundertwasser

WEAVING TO WEAR ADDING KNITTING • Adding knitting to your woven fabric is an easy way to increase its width, length, or both. Not comfortable cutting your handwoven fabric? Try knitting items such as sleeves, a gusset, or a shaped collar. For this garment, I wanted to add a knitted center-back panel to join two narrow woven panels, and I wanted to finish all the...