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

FANCY FINDINGS • Wash without fear, test design theories with abandon, weave shapes completely outside the box, and enjoy the function and form of a beautiful handheld beater.

AMAZING CIRCULAR WEAVING LITTLE LOOM TECHNIQUES, PATTERNS, AND PROJECTS FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS

SWIRLY TWILL COASTERS

TABLET WEAVING HIDDEN DESIGNS

LET'S MAKE thick yarn

ON PINS AND NEEDLES • Whether you're fixing an error, doing decorative embroidery, hemstitching, or simply keeping a folded hem in place until you can sew it later, you'll want the right pin or needle for the job—and you'll want it close at hand. Here are a few items to make working with these tiny but necessary tools easier and more enjoyable.

A GATHERING OF THREADS • The Japanese tradition of kumihimo (literally translated as “gathering of threads”) has been evolving for more than a thousand years. Kumihimo was brought to Japan in the Nora period. (710-794 CE) along with Buddhism. (According to Rodrick Owen's book Making Kumihimo, it was believed that God's presence could be found in the braid.) Buddhist monks wove decorative braids that were; Used to secure clothing and in religious ceremonies. Over time, the braids became male complex and their uses more varied: braids were used to decorate temples and in the Japanese tea cerenttony.

STRING THEORY: THE NEW ICE AGE OF COLOR • Like other weavers, I dabbled with fiber dyeing using natural and synthetic dyes and various fibers, yarns, and completed objects over the years. I tried dip-dyeing, spray dyeing, traditional tie-dye, resist technigues such as batik and shibon, and simply tying in a way that would look nice. But none of these methods have captured my imagination nearly as much as ice dyeing, a techmgue I learned just a few years ago.

BEYOND PLAIN WEAVE

HOUNDSTOOTH FANTASY SCARF

PLUSH AND PRETTY TOWELS

ESSENTIALS ONLY MAKEUP BAG

TISSUES TO GO

MINI-OTTOMAN PINCUSHION

AUTUMN SUNSET PONCHO

ROYAL LUPINE LAP BLANKET

HOUNDSTOOTH FANTASY SCARF

PLUSH AND PRETTY TOWELS

ESSENTIALS ONLY MAKEUP BAG

TISSUES TO GO

MINI-OTTOMAN PINCUSHION

AUTUMN SUNSET PONCHO

ROYAL LUPINE LAP BLANKET

THICK-AND-THIN HAND TOWELS

PICTURE-PERFECT PURSE

FOREST TOQUES

FALLING LEAVES TABLE SET

INLAY WHIMSY SCARF

FROSTY ICE-DYED SCARVES

THICK-AND-THIN HAND TOWELS

PICTURE-PERFECT PURSE

FOREST TOQUES

FALLING LEAVES TABLE SET

INLAY WHIMSY SCARF

FROSTY ICE-DYED SCARVES

PHOENIX RISING SHAWL

MIX-AND-MATCH KITCHEN SET

SET OF SETTS SCARF

STAR SHAWL

AUTUMN LEAVES RUNNER

PHOENIX RISING SHAWL

MIX-AND-MATCH KITCHEN SET

SET OF SETTS SCARF

STAR SHAWL

AUTUMN LEAVES RUNNER

STITCHING BUILDING BLOCKS • “Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” Start with a single straight stitch, and the world is your oyster when it comes to working many other stitches, whether you are using them to join two pieces of cloth or to add decorative touches to a piece.

FINISHES & SEAMS

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