It’s not as if anyone was hounding me to make a video of this particular technique, but I wanted to because it will save me time describing it. I really hope it will be helpful.

Technique is shown on a Loomette loom.

The pattern is HORIZONTAL Xs, Variation 1

Row 1: Plain (P)

Even rows: P-2; U-3, P3 (4x); U-3, P-2

Odd rows: P-5; O-3, P-3 (3x); O-3, P-5

Row 16: P

The finished square

The finished square

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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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" 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