Little Looms Magazine – new!

[Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] introduces readers to a wide range of smaller weaving techniques, and suggests great tools and yarns to get you started. There’s so much you can do, even on the most petite and portable looms. Small looms are an easy and affordable way to learn the weaving process or to  prepare you for more complex weaving!

A sophisticated study in contrast – from a simple pin loom! Grab your Schacht Zoom Loom 4" x 4" and two contrasting colors of a favorite yarn for either version of this simple and stunning scarf. You’ll need a 4″ x 4″ pin loom, a tapestry needle for stitching the squares and embellishing the lines, and about 320 yards (2 skeins) of each color. We recommend a worsted or aran weight 100% wool like Norumbega Yarn, or Bartlettyarns Maine Wool Yarn.

A subtle log cabin pattern takes advantage of the natural color changes in a favorite variegated merino like Malabrigo Arroyo Yarn. This soft superwash merino in kettle dyed colors, and a simple design, proves that some of your favorite knitting yarns are great on the loom too!

Use just one skein (just over 200 yards) for both warp and weft to make a finished scarf 8.5″ wide by 60″ long, plus a 4″ fringe. You’ll need a rigid heddle with a weaving width of 10″ and a 10 dent reed. A Schacht Cricket 10" Rigid Heddle Loom or [Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] are as portable as can be and will work beautifully for endless scarf weaving!

A cheerful and hard working kitchen towel in Block Island Blend Yarn and Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn. Woven on a rigid heddle with a 19″ weaving width, and 10 dent reed.

You’ll use one mini cone each of Block Island Blend in [Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] (red) and [Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] (blue), and 2 mini cones of [Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] (light blue).

In 8/2 Homestead Cotton you’ll need 1 mini cone each of Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn (silver), Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn (magenta), and Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn (dark red).

Using Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn in three colors, you’ll need the following: 2,300 yards (one pound cone or 4 mini cones) of Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn (bleach white), and one mini cone each of Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn (light turk), and Homestead 8/2 Cotton Yarn (nassau blue).

For this rigid heddle project you’ll need a weaving width of at least 17″ and a 10 dent reed. The warp uses 256 yards of a sturdy cotton like 3/2 Pearl Cotton Yarn, and the colorful wool weft is Plymouth Gina Yarn. You’ll need a total of approximately 500 yards of Pearl Cotton, and 2 balls of Plymouth Gina wool.

Woven on an inkle loom, this project uses three colors of 3/2 Pearl Cotton Yarn: 205 yards of color A (warp and weft), 75 yards of color B, and 30 yards of color C. We sell 3/2 Pearl Cotton in 180 yard mini cones, so you can affordably mix and match colors, or you can buy this yarn by the pound.

We recommend colors [Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] (Denim, 721-845 yards) and Jo Sharp Classic DK Wool Yarn (Heath, 392-502 yards), or pick your own colors in Jo Sharp Classic DK Wool Yarn!