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Weaving basics – make a miniature frame loom
If you’ve ever wanted to learn to weave, but don’t have space or money, then you’ll like today’s project. Today we’ll make an ultra-portable miniature frame loom (more like a peg loom) suitable for...
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Make a DIY rigid heddle loom
On Wednesday, we learned how to make a miniature frame loom for weaving small pieces. Frame looms can be made in many sizes, from coaster size, right up to looms a metre or two in height, such as...
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Beaded weaving – make a beaded textile necklace
Here’s an interesting way to make your own unique jewelry, by combining beads and handwoven textiles. The beads are an integral part of the weaving, rather than being sewn on afterward, and by mixing...
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Nalbinding – Oslo stitch pouch
Nalbinding was around 2000 years before knitting. Examples of this ancient technique have been found by archaeologists in Egypt and across Northern Europe. Some call it ‘Viking Knitting’ as it was most...
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Japanese papercraft – make an ‘eco craft’ basket
‘Eco craft’, in Japan, refers to a kind of recycled paper tape, which is like several strands of strong paper twine, bonded together into a flat ribbon with more paper. Strong and lightweight, it’s...
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How to Bead on a Heddle Beadloom – flowers and butterflies cuff
On Wednesday, I showed you how to make a heddle bead loom from cardboard. Today, lets take a look at how to use the loom. Tension-loom beadweaving is known as double-weft. The weft thread passes...
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How to fingerweave friendship bracelets
I remember making tons of these when I was in secondary school! The technique for making these colourful friendship bands is called fingerweaving, although more accurately it is a form of macrame as...
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How to make striped or patterned friendship bands
In a recent post, we learned how to fingerweave friendship bands in diagonal stripe and chevron patterns. Today, lets look at how we can make lengthwise stripes, checks, and other designs. To make...
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