Several names suggested themselves to me for this design—most containing some form of the word diamond. In the end I decided to name it after Dame Diana Rigg who starred in the movie I watched while weaving this square. (I was watching In This House of Brede, based on the book of the same name by Rumer Godden. I could go into my lifelong obsession with Rumer Godden’s writing, but won’t. I enjoyed the movie very much. It was very thought-provoking.)
Diana
Five Diamonds—front
Chain Texture—can’t tell if this is front or back; it’s essentially the same on both sides
Come join the fun, if you haven’t already. Set your own goals—maybe a square each day…or two, three, more?
On the Tour de Weave group we’ll be posting our daily progress (and, if you’re like me, changing our goals almost daily). I might even toss out a challenge or two along the way!
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Here are a few diagrams for adding beads to heart patterns.
The Mini Heart can be woven with or without beads. It’s a new pattern (not yet tested) and I haven’t made separate without beads, double outline, or solid heart diagrams yet.
Single Outline Heart (with beads)—This diagram appears elsewhere on this blog, but I thought it also belongs on this post.
How to make a buttonhole—I learned this nifty trick from a book on rigid heddle weaving and saw that it would easily adapt to pin loom weaving.
Before plunging in with buttonholes on your treasured project, it’s a good idea to practice first.
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Enough time has passed since I last considered the issue of shrinkage that I had to check to see if I’d written about it before. I have, here: Shrinkage — Beginner’s Corner.
I guess this post makes my second time approaching the subject. As I do more projects I’m thinking these little practice sessions will come in handy.
Two squares woven with the same yarn on the same loom.
The alphabet and numbers sets are now finished. The best way to find all of them in one place is by visiting the Topical Guide, under the heading Letters and Numbers. Click on the desired pattern and you’ll go right to it.
These 13 squares represent an all-night effort to finish two basic sets of patterns—ABCs and 123s.
The numbers and letters can also be found by clicking on the Alphabet or Numbers category, but they won’t show up in alphabetical or numerical order (rather by the date on which they were published).
OR you can find them all here:
Letters and Numbers