I have never known myself to get to the end of a first-time project and remember to photograph the end processes. So, I have no photos of the final assembly of the scarecrow. However, if you purchased the pattern, you have the same instructions I followed.
I tried a couple of different techniques:
- I sewed the raffia to the scarecrow’s head (remember I don’t like glue) before assembling the hat.
- I sewed the hat to the head (I don’t know if that was part of the instructions or not; by the end I was doing whatever I thought needed to be done to complete the project).
- Got the idea to add a crow from Bee Sroe on the Facebook Pin Loom Weaving Support Group.
- I added the Mini Pumpkin from the Halloween Pin Loom Set by Deborah Bagley.
Ta da!
A few words about the mini pumpkin:
I used two colors in the squares to break up the solid orangeness of it. I also used two colors and the 2″ square Weave-It to make the stem (I’m not crazy about those colors, but I really was sick of experimenting). For the leaf I used the 1.5″ square my husband built for me. It has the same number of pins as the 2″ Weave-It, but the pins are closer together, so it makes a smaller square.
Mini pumpkin
If you want to make gathering easier, for example, if you need to divide a square in half with a gathered line of stitches, you can weave in an extra piece of yarn as you go. (If you remember, as well as not liking glue, I do not like to weave in extra ends of any kind.)
Here’s my method for weaving in a gathering strand.
After warping L3, place an extra strand on top of strand #16.
Weave over the two strands in position 16 as if they were one. Be careful not to pierce the extra yarn as you weave or the finished fabric will not slide freely.
When you take the square off the loom, you’ll have a strand for gathering.
Wonderful technique idea. And your scarecrow is great.