Mailing List
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by Kate
6M ago
Hello! Thank you for your interest in my new mailing list. I’m so excited to share my new newsletter that will cover weaving techniques, weaving tips, free patterns, & more! Sign Up! Don't miss out, sign up for blog post notifications sent to your inbox. First Name Email Address Submit Don’t forget, anyone joining my mailing list receives my special free pattern, start to finish, of a weave I made just for you! Happy Weaving! Kate The post Mailing List first appeared on The Weaving Loom ..read more
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Pantone Inspired Warp Packs
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by Kate
6M ago
As you probably know, Pantone releases color trends for different seasons. I loved the two color trends for 2019 so much that I decided to make some warp packs inspired by them! I really love putting together these warp flight packs, because they allow you to play around with warp colors without being committed to a large amount of warp thread. If you haven’t heard of my warp flight packs before, they are a pack of four different warp thread colors that are measured to approximately 100 yards each.  Which means in total you get approximately 400 yards of warp thread in one pack.  To ..read more
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Weave This || Off-Center Circle Weave Part 2
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by Kate
6M ago
I really like making these free weave pattern “weave alongs” as I call them. I think they are a great way to learn weaving techniques and also end up with a beautiful weave at the end. I’m especially excited about this off-center circular weave, because it gives the weave a really organic feel. In this pattern, I’m going to give you a general explanation of the stitches, since looms are different and we may have different number of warp threads you won’t need to follow along with an exact warp thread count. Just follow along with the basic idea of the stitches and if you’re weave doesn’t come ..read more
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Weave This || Off-Center Circle Weave
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by Kate
6M ago
In the last post, I showed how to warp your loom so that you have an off-center middle. Don’t you just love the look of an off-center weave?! I feel like it gives the weave some personality and makes it more unique. I’m very excited about making an off-center weave, and of course I’m going to share with you all my steps so that you can weave along too! Here’s what I did to get our weave started: step 1|| using the basic technique, weave over/under the warp threads. I wove three times around the center point. Note: The center point is a tight space to weave between because the warp threads are ..read more
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How to off-center warp a circular loom
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by Kate
6M ago
I received an awesome question from a reader wanting to know how to make a circular weave that has an off-centered middle. I agree with her that the off-centered middle of circular weaves looks so awesome, so of course I wanted to share with all of you how to do this too! I think I’m mostly excited about this post because I’ve been admiring the off-centered weaves myself and this question led me to giving it a try. If you’re looking for directions on how to warp a centered circular weave, you can find that here. Let’s jump right into it… step 1|| tie your warp thread to the loom frame, as you ..read more
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Weaver Interview || Elise Vazelakis
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by Kate
6M ago
Not only am I excited to be sharing another weaver interview with all of you, but I’m even more excited that the interview is with the extremely talented Elise Vazelakis! Elise’s weavings are large, gorgeous, and so interesting. She creates a lot of movement in her weaves simply through spacing. I love that she plays around with weaving gaps in her work and uses the weft threads to pull some warps tighter while others are loose. It’s really visually interesting. Let’s dive in and get to know more about Elise and her art… Photo credit: Kimberly Adamis How did you first come across weaving? My ..read more
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Dyed Cotton Recipes || Part 2
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by Kate
6M ago
I’ve been dyeing some more of my twisted cotton string. I’m really enjoying the process and seeing what colors I can make. I’m also sharing my dye “recipes” for those who want to try dyeing their own string too. All my dyeing, in this post is done using kool-aid powder. You can find my first set of recipes here. Unlike the first round of dyeing, I did not use any rubber-bands on the string and instead just let the string absorb the color as evenly as possible. I still get a few color variations through-out the string, but not as much as when I rubber-band off some sections. So that step is up ..read more
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Free Circular Weave Pattern – Permafrost Weave
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by Kate
6M ago
After sharing how to warp a circular loom, I wanted to share a free weaving pattern with you all! (oh and if you don’t have a circular loom, I have instructions on how to warp an embroidery hoop here!) Since we will may be using different sized looms, I will tell you how I made my weave but make any needed adjustments for your own weave as needed. For example, if I group six strings, but you’re weaving on less warp threads you may want to group only four or three. The supplies I used are a black cotton warp thread (that is sold in the shop) and a worsted weight white cotton yarn. See the Shop ..read more
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Starting (warping) a circular loom
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by Kate
6M ago
Guess what? I have added some acrylic circular looms to my shop! You wouldn’t believe how excited about this I am. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know that I love to make circular weaves. Circular weaves are different enough to be a bit of a challenge. I love to take a weaving technique that I’ve used many times with “normal” weaving and apply it to a circular weave and see how the technique looks different or needs to be adjusted to fit the circular warp threads. So since I’ll have a few circular looms in my shop, I definitely need to share how to warp these looms and ge ..read more
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Dyed Cotton “Recipes”
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by Kate
6M ago
I’ve did a little more dyeing of my cotton string and I love how it turned out. I made some really cute spring colors (yep I have Spring on the brain!).  So today I’m going to share my “recipes” to get these colors. I can’t guarantee that you’ll get the same results, but it’s fun to experiment with and this will get those who want to try it started. Oh and also I should note, if you try these with a wool or other protein-based fiber the colors will be picked up much darker! This is for dyeing cotton which really rinses out when dyeing with Kool-aid. Before I start explaining how I made t ..read more
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