Weave

I broke out my little rectangular loom again to make some small rectangles. I just enjoyed trying out different patterns with the colours, mostly I tried simple stripes & checks. I do like the plain rectangles too for their simplicity. I'll probably crochet the rectangles together to make something larger.

Stripes, Solids & Checks

Some of the rectangles

The little loom

Weaving

I saw a version of this simple loom in a book and made a small one (picture 1). It produces a roughly 8x15cm rectangle (pictures 2-3) quite nicely, but I wanted to make bigger pieces, without having to join millions of little squares together. So I used this scavenged frame (pictures 4-6) and made a larger loom. I'm about halfway through the piece so far and its turning out nicely. Next time I'll use a thicker pure wool so I can felt the piece once its done and close up the gaps. I hope then to have a sturdier piece of fabric. That said, I'm happy with the colours for this one and they way the mustard livens up the grey and black. It's my eventual dream to use my own dyed yarns for a piece. I'm planning on using this as a table runner or centerpiece for my dining table when its done, or making it into a cushion cover front.