Adventures in Pin Loom Weaving—Bulky Yarns

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On the Facebook group I belong to, someone asked a question about using bulky yarns on the pin loom. I happened to be the first person to see the post, so I answered as best I could. Up till then I had little experience using different types of twisted matter on the Weave-it.

Weaving with ribbon was sufficiently difficult that I never tried it again. While the sample on the right is technically made with size 4 yarns, the off-white cotton was bulkier, in size if not weight, than the others.

Though the square is lovely, Weave-it-ing with ribbon yarn was sufficiently difficult that I never tried it again. The sample on the right is made with four different worsted weight yarns, but the off-white cotton was bulkier than the others.

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Pin Loom Pattern Creation Frenzy–How It All Got Started

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2014: September, October, November . . . Frequent visits to Amazon kept bringing up a particular product–Margaret Stump’s book, Pin Loom Weaving.

http://smile.amazon.com/Pin-Loom-Weaving-Projects-Looms/dp/0811712486/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453402445&sr=8-1&keywords=pin+loom+weaving

Pin Loom Weaving by Margaret Stump

Pin Loom Weaving by Margaret Stump

Who’d ever heard of pin loom weaving? But that folk art horse on the cover captured my interest over and over. And I don’t even like horses. I mean, I like ’em all right, but I wasn’t a horse-mad child. To tell the truth, I never once noticed the square thing at the bottom of the photo.

“You buy too many art books because of the cover,” I told myself. “Too many. Just say no to this one.”

Week after week: “Just say no.” “Walk away.” “I promise if you swim back now, no harm will come to you.”

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“3-and-1” Pin Loom Pattern

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"3-and-1" front view

Abbreviations:

P = plain weave
U = under
O = over

Warp loom as follows:

Layers 1 and 2: use color 1 (sample shows Caron Simply Soft “Lavender Blue”)

At corner 3 change to color 2 (sample shows Caron Simply Soft “Soft Pink”); warp Layer 3, finishing at corner 2. Wrap yarn five times around loom, cut, thread needle.

Instructions:

R1 and R16: P
Even Rows: P2, (U3, O1) x 6, U3 , P2
Odd Rows: P4, (U3, O1) x 5, U3, P4

3-and-1

"3-and-1"--back view

back view

UPDATE 11-11-16

This pattern works well on the 2″, 4″, and 6″ squares and rectangles.

3-and-1 (modified) on 6" square loom

3-and-1 on 6″ square loom

3-and-1 (modified) on 4" x 6" rectangular loom

3-and-1 on 4″ x 6″ rectangular loom

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10 Aug 2018 UPDATE: the pattern below was originally posted as “3-and-1,” but did not go with the photo. It’s also a legitimate pattern.

Rows 1 and 16: P
Rows 2-15: U-1, O-3 seven times; end with P-3

3-and-1 reverse

The Eyes Don’t Have the Whole Picture

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Something has been on my mind for a while: the way we readily judge with our eyes. If something looks good to us, we like it. If it doesn’t appeal to our eyesight we express no opinion of it, dismiss it. Do we ever stop to consider how it makes someone else feel when we don’t say something kind or don’t recognize their effort, and bravery in sharing it?

10 Jan 2016–a fun, loose sketch.

Not long ago I showed some samples of my Weave-it squares to a male acquaintance. Each square was woven with the same pattern; only the color choices and sequence of use varied. (See photo below.)

Four squares, same pattern, different color combinations.

Four squares–same pattern, different color combinations.

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