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INSPIRED TO BE MOODIE


2014
07.10

Tags: DIY, homemade loom, Maryanne Moodie, scrap yarn, weaving
Posted in needle&thread | 1 Comment »

I am sure I am not alone in owning a box full of random yarn as such…

yarn box

Bursting with bin ends of beautiful colours and scraps from my knitting phase, I keep the box around for when the need to finger-knit strikes or I need to darn a jumper (yes, I do that).

But inspired by my recent obsession with Maryanne Moodie, I thought I would give weaving a wall-hanging a try.

DIY Loom

But what of a loom, you ask? I could not in good faith buy yet another piece of equipment only to use it once or twice, so my improvisation came in the form of our clothes drying rack.

Loom with weaving

I played around with loads of different techniques – weaving at different intervals and using a comb to tighten the weave.

Weaving almost finished

until I came up with this.

I threaded it onto a wood dowel, edged and tied it off with loose yarn and while Maryanne Moodie has no reason to loose sleep over the potential competition, I am super proud of my little experiment.

Weaving Final

And it will not end here. just sayin’.

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