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DiscussionAny Weavers here?
I've decided to take up weaving as my next hobby and wanted to know if there are any weavers here.
Also, any suggestions for resources? I have a lap loom and a library book on weaving, but I'm still finding that knitting was more accessible when I started that more than a decade ago. Like, can I make anything other than wall hangings on a lap loom?
Pillow case for a decorative throw pillow - the front part I mean; the back will just be cloth. This is my current project although it is on hold right now (probably til summer). Weaving is awesome!
I think you can make whole rugs on a back strap loom if you are willing to do them in sections. Look up kilim.
I considered weaving at one point myself, but I have too many hobbies untended already... LOL! One day, I will weave a giant rug, though!
The kilim rugs are gorgeous, but a rug seems.... ambitious. I'm trying to do a dish rag and it is looking sloppy. I think I will unravel it and try making a coaster or bookmark.
Just explaining that I think it's possible to do quite a bit even on a small loom. Which was the question you asked....
Slightly related, but I bought a Speedweve for repairing holes in my daughter's clothes. It's like a mini loom for visible mending. I've been having a lot of fun picking out colors (already have a ton of embroidery floss) and weaving the patches. I can definitely see how satisfying it would be to weave larger items. I'd love to do a kitchen rug.
I got one of those a few months ago. It definitely inspired me to try something larger.
Placemats! Pot holders! Coasters! (Actually, I'm not sure how wide a lap loom is – maybe you can't even do placemats.)
I've thought of buying a loom and learning weaving, having not done any since I was a child and had a child's loom. I was going to look at door mats, maybe even weaving the backing and then hooking a door mat. I have a couple of looms bookmarked, but that's as far as I've gotten.
You could also weave together woven strips into a basket weave and make things from that.
I got a 27x19 ashford weaving frame, so placemats seem possible, maybe even a small doormat. Most of the tutorials and books and patterns (drafts?) I've found seem to be for rigid heddle looms, but I don't want to spend that kind of money on a brand new hobby. That and I'm so used to the vocabulary for knitting that I want a translation for yarn weights for weaving.
I remember those little plastic potholder frames that came with the loops. I made quite a few pot holders as a kid. :)