Weaving

Whether you’re an experienced crafter looking for a fresh outlet or a novice hoping to find the best avenue to channel your creative urges, there’s no time like the present to pick up a new craft.

Weaving is such a meditative, relaxing craft-and at the end of it, you have fabric! You don't need a lot of expensive equipment to take up weaving. Here's how to build a simple loom on a piece of cardboard.

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Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

Annabel begins by showing you how to build your own loom using an inexpensive frame and nails, and then demonstrates how to set up the warp threads. Using any yarn you like, you'll learn the basic over-under motion of classic weaving, and once you've mastered the essentials, you'll learn how to create fringe, stripes, and colorful shapes.

If you learn one new medium this summer, let it be how to weave. It's one of those centuries old traditions that is both practical (in certain forms) and beautiful and can be sort of soothing to the soul. Wall hangings are a great way to cut your teeth on weaving and add instant charm to your space. This tutorial is a simple wall hanging with a few different elements you'll need to make your own interesting piece.

Weaving is the art of interlacing yarn (threads) to make a piece of fabric called a web. The lengthwise yarn are known as warp threads and the crosswise or filler yarn, weft threads.

The fabric weave or design is the manner in which the warp and weft are interlaced. The pattern or repeat is the smallest unit of the weave which when repeated will produce the design required in the fabric. There are many ways of representing a weave, a most familiar method being to use square design paper.

The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. is dedicated to promoting the textile arts. It provides a forum for handweavers, handspinners, and related fiber artists.

Now that I made a simple frame loom I was ready to try it out. This is my first attempt at weaving so I started with something small and simple.  It is made using two weft colours and a simple pattern in the centre.  As I am still in the learning process please feel free to leave comments, suggestions or criticisms; also let me know if I didn't explain things clearly. I included a glossary to help with the weaving terminology.

Before we get started, it's important to note that the size of your cardboard will determine the size of your finished weaving.