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It’s only my second woven project haha and you can see one mistake I made in the picture 🤪 But overall I’m still very happy with it. I made the loom from a 3d printing pattern on Etsy and I wasn’t expecting it to be very good, but it actually works pretty well! I’m going to try making several more things on it before I (probably) eventually bite the bullet and buy a big expensive loom.

Edit: I used 40% Superfine Alpaca / 40% Merino / 20% Silk yarn, and I dyed it by sprinkling brown acid dye on and putting in the oven. I wove stripes of 3/1 and 1/3 twill at 12 epi.

Insects Part 3 of 6: Ladybug

I am now done with the first of two tapestries that have 3 insects each. The plan is to attach them around a foam craft cube, and the photos here show how that will look.

I am beginning to be a bit more aware of copyright, so instead of posting a copy of the photo I based the ladybug on, here is a link to it: Ladybug on Forgetmenots by photographer Marek Mierzejewski (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/ladybug-ladybird-on-forget-me-not-94700503) Incidentally the photographer is Polish 🙂. I remember as a kid in Poland one of the first rhymes I made up was “I am sitting in an apple tree, one two three. Counting dots on a ladybug, one two three.” In Polish appletree and ladybug rhyme. I remember I had climbed the appletree in my grandma’s yard and was sitting on a sturdy branch, but I do not remember whether I really was counting dots on a ladybug at the time, however, ladybugs were common there.

I am quite fond of them. As some or all of you know there are different species and some are more invasive than others. This one is a “good” ladybug.

The tapestry is 5” wide and 15” tall in total, for a cube that is 5” cubed. I wove it on my Mirrix Chloe loom at sett 12, using Faro

wool yarn.

I am about to start my second tapestry for this cube, and the fourth insect will be a Picasso bug, which I had never heard off until I started looking for good insects for this project.

Made in a weaving class I’m currently taking!

Does anyone know if this loom is complete, who might have made it, and if it would be alright for someone who has wove on rigid heddle looms but never on a floor loom? Thank you for any help!

I’m working on turned taqueté towels (Maddison potter). I just noticed that my ends seems to be crossing over each other in the wrong direction. Everything is threaded correctly. I’m using a 12 dent reed at 24 dents per inch. It seems that the ends tha are sharing a dent aren’t staying in their threaded position and are swapping places. In image 1 things look (mostly) correct and image 2 you can see the ends crossing out of order. What am I doing wrong?

A Leclerc Tissart would be nice or anything similar!

Hi, I'm trying to teach myself how to weave pandanus leaves/raffia (or other alternatives) and wanted to see if anyone know what this weaving method is? I know its not a 3 braided plait since its flat in comparison to the one in the photo. Any information relating to the process or even sources to see how to recreate this would be appreciated.

(To provide further context, this is an old purse strap made of pandanus leaves from Tonga.)

I don't know exactly where to post this, but I need help. This blanket has been my daily driver for 15 years or so now, but recently it's begun to fray and fall apart (not pictured). I don't know much about fabric and types of weaves and knitting styles so I'm not sure what to look for. I get really hot very quickly with most blankets, and this one is lightweight, relatively loose knit and breathable cotton, which is perfect for me. When I search for "cooling" blankets a lot of results are "waffle weave", which is definitely not correct. The closest I could find was something called a Leno Weave, but I truly have no idea. Any advice would be appreciated! 🙌🏻