A weaver in Oregon sent me these little SweetHearts she made using our loom. She felted them and then added a beaded edging to them. I forgot to ask what yarn Kathy used, but I’m guessing it was a fine yarn as the hearts are light and thin, delicate and so pretty! She says she gave some a pin back to make wearable valentines. Great idea!
I’m getting there.
I decided to add a bit of an edging pattern to the tunic bottom. Just a little two repeat pattern:
1. Weave Plain
2. Under 1, then slip the needle across between the layers of warp and go under the last one.
3. Weave plain.
4. Repeat row 2 and them weave the rest of the block plain.
Day started out raining, now it’s just cold and gloomy so I think I’ll build a fire and sit and weave today.
If you are interested in making this Ducks Quilt here is the layout I used. I sewed my blocks together with the over hand stitch. I added the row of yellow blocks using the blue to crochet these onto the top and bottom to make the square quilt a bit more rectangular. After sewing the 9 yellow blocks together, I did a row of single crochet on the bottom edge of that strip and another row of single crochet on the top edge of the assembled blanket. Then I worked a slip stitched to connect the two rows. Repeat at the bottom of the blanket. Then I worked a border of two rounds of single crochet in blue and yellow. You all know you can email me at any time if you have any questions about this project or about the looms. I’d love to see your projects, too!
I forgot to add that the yarn I used was some very nice Blue Sky Alpaca Organic Cotton, called Multi Cotton. It suggested hand washing but I put it in the machine for a short gentle wash. I also put it in the drier until just barely damp and dried it the rest of the way laid out flat. It did fine.
Hazel Rose 