{"id":851,"date":"2023-01-10T17:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/?p=851"},"modified":"2023-01-15T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T18:52:16","slug":"from-loom-to-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/from-loom-to-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"From Loom to Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"
Pin Loom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

OR… HOW MANY LOOMS DO YOU REALLY NEED?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the answer to that is between none<\/strong> <\/em>and never enough<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“None” in itself is a misnomer because you always need some kind of framework for weaving. At the very least you need some way to create a steady tension for the warp(long vertical) threads, and some even method to pull the weft (shorter horizontal threads) through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A weave is a criss-cross pattern of threads of some kind. If you’ve never done any kind of weaving, this is what the most basic weave is about.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Over\/under, whether you look at the threads crossing or actually doing the weaving. Over one, under one, over one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technically, you don’t need a loom for this. You just need a means to establish and keep a tension on the long (vertical) threads and something to pull the horizontal threads through — over\/under.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Vintage
Vintage toy loom with weaving in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Your fingers, a needle, a piece of cardboard to wind some thread over… Any of these things will work to pull the thread over\/under the warp <\/strong><\/em>(vertical) threads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even strips of paper will do. It’s still weaving. It’s not making cloth, but it’s weaving — so it’s not about the loom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is is about the loom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s when you want to get a certain thickness (or fineness) of cloth, or when you want to achieve a specific design or pattern, or when you want to use a certain yarn and there’s only a certain kind of loom that will work with yarn so fine and delicate. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
Upper Canada Village Loom https:\/\/antiquetextiletools.wordpress.com\/2020\/11\/26\/upper-canada-village-loom\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It’s also about the width and length of the cloth or project you want to create. Of course, you can piece together small weavings to create a bigger one, but that will not give you the same result as a one-piece cloth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But most importantly, it’s about the craft. It’s about the pleasure of weaving in different ways with different tools and watching yarn being transformed into cloth — large pieces, small ones, carefully planned patterns and random ones, lacy effects and good solid material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you can start weaving right now<\/a> if you have some cardboard and some scrap yarn, or you can go looking for a traditional floor loom and learn from a master weaver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OR… HOW MANY LOOMS DO YOU REALLY NEED? Well, the answer to that is between none and never enough. “None” in itself is a misnomer because you always need some kind of framework for weaving. At the very least you need some way to create a steady tension for the warp(long vertical) threads, and some… Read More »From Loom to Loom<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"[\"title\",\"thumbnail\",\"content\",\"tags\",\"comments\",\"meta\"]","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,28],"tags":[26,40,39,25],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-crafts","category-weaving","tag-fiber-art","tag-handmadeisbetter","tag-handweaving","tag-weaving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}