Experimentation-Weaving

Cardboard Loom


Today we got taught a new technique, we got shown how to weave. First of all we used a cardboard loom, which is just a small A5 piece of cardboard with teeth cut out of it at the top so you can thread yarn around it to create a weft,(you can also use bigger pieces of cardboard if you wish). You then weave in and out of the yarn to create the weave. With a cardboard loom, you cut the wool or material you are weaving with at the end of each row. I don’t really like my cardboard loom as I don’t like the effect it gives when you cut the wool off at the end of each row as I feel it looks messy.


Peg Loom

The next sample that we did was weaving on a peg loom. I much preferred this sample to the cardboard loom as it looked a lot neater. To create a weave on a cardboard loom, you first have to make your loom, you thread some cotton through a small hole in the bottom of the pegs and then place the pegs into a holder provided. You then weave in and out of the pegs. When you have finished, take the pegs out of the holder, tie all the cotton together, and there you go. One peg loom!


Extended sample


I also did an extended sample in weaving; I did this on a machine called the ‘loom’. I found this process so much faster and simpler than the other weaving techniques, and in my opinion it looks a lot nicer as well. I may consider using this technique on my bag.