Margaret Stump is the author of the successful Pin Loom Weaving. She has been creating wonderful fabrics and projects with pin looms for more than forty years. Her work is creative, original, fun, and appealing to young and old alike. A longtime advocate for this vintage art, she is delighted to see so many artists and craftspeople rediscovering the joys of pin loom weaving. She lives in Mankato, Minnesota, and can be found online at www.pinloomweaving.com.
Pin looms seem to be popular at the moment, with most spinning
suppliers stocking them. They offer a portable way to enjoy weaving
and make small shapes that can be sewn together patchwork-fashion
to make useful things. This book starts with several pages giving
woodwork instructions for making your own loom - with templates for
five sizes - and has weaving instructions and 40 projects for items
you can make from your weaving. The weaving instructions start with
a basic square then eight patterns created with weaving for
different textures. Later in the book one of the projects has
instructions for a 'houndstooth' pattern made with two colours. For
joining the squares there are crochet techniques or sewing
instructions. In the projects there are a range of bags in
different styles and sizes, toys including dolls and a farmyard
set, blankets including one with patterns for embroidery. All of
the designs are neatly finished and presentable, some of the
animals and birds are very appealing, this is very much a book
about weaving in order to make things.
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