![]() ![]() Knitters go through the loops weavers go over and under. Both use specific techniques to turn yarn into fabric. Overall, being a knitter and yarn lover made it easier for me to understand some aspects of weaving. For instance, swatching is much slower than in knitting. Weaving is not all beer and skittles, problem-free fun and games, of course. The self-striping yarn turns into a magical sort of plaid. Here’s a scarf made with Uneek sock on the happy recipient: Weaving also has me excited because my stash includes many skeins of lightweight yarns, especially “souvenir” sock yarns. In weaving, it’s a great first project! I timed myself with my first scarf ten ‘rows’ with sock weight yarn took 2.5 minutes, including stopping to sip my tea. (Freeing you to buy more yarn, of course!)Ī single-color, plain scarf in knitting is tedious, boring, and slow. Knitters especially will appreciate the speed at which you can crank out fabric, use up your stash, and still retain the feeling of handwork. That makes plaid-who knew? (Lots of weavers, apparently.) Atlas in Mallard, Sea Glass, Shale, and Natural For one scarf, I decided to add weft colors in the same order I warped them, as an experiment. I love it for knitting, and it was just as wonderful for weaving. I used Atlas for two scarves I dreamed up on the fly, and dreamy is the right word for Atlas. ![]() Vertical stripes! Houndstooth with no counting of stitches! Plus, basic “color and weave” is shockingly easy. Weaving is a real s tash buster, too, and allows me to mix yarn weights and test color combinations that I may use in future design. I could make whatever I wanted I didn’t have to think about how to explain it to a class, write it down, or use yarn currently available. WIN WIN! Bound for gloryįreedom to play excited my creativity. (Why did she get some and I didn’t?) My bodyworker even asked to give me a free session in exchange for a set of dishcloths. I started getting requests for them from friends and complaints from family. I was surprised at what a big hit the dishcloths were. I decided that not only was I going to build muscle memory for warping by golly, I was going to enjoy it. Warping is how you get the yarn on the loom, the equivalent to casting on stitches. I could learn to weave by making dishcloths! Who doesn’t love a good dishcloth? And if I make mistakes? It’s a dishcloth!Īnother win for the dishcloth idea: I could warp up for a few dishcloths, finish them, and warp for another set in a different color. A class? A huge sale? Early MDK influences? While admiring my new loom, I had a eureka moment. I don’t remember buying it, or why I had it, as I don’t generally knit dishcloths. What to start with? During lockdown KonMari adventures, I unearthed a big bag of dishcloth cotton. So I ordered an Ashford 12″ Knitters Loom-t he name attracted me, it folded up, and came with a carrying/storage bag. Yarn was at hand, and the pandemic and semi-retirement meant the time was at hand too. This time around, a s a yarn-loving grown-up, I wanted to do more than just play with cotton loops. Making potholders as a kid, an activity I happily explored on the rare days I was deemed sick enough to stay home from school, was my first attempt at weaving. ![]()
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