This is a fun, simple, and beautiful pattern. It comes from the Orignal Loomette Weaves pattern book (pattern design chart included below), but I altered it slightly so the stitches are centered and don’t run off the edges of the square. All ways of warping and weaving this pattern look nice, I think.
Loomette #20 variation
Staggered Stars — Note: this pattern is practically the same as “Like a Diamond”, but its spacing is slightly different. (Can’t find “Like a Diamond” for the 31 x 31 loom, so I may need to post that next!)
Recommended two-color warping: L1-2 in lighter color, L3-4 in darker color. (Don’t use high contrast colors—see photo at bottom of post.)
Staggered Stars
front view
Shout out to Brian Whitley for naming this pattern; his was one that jumped out at me as I read, and stuck with me later on when I wasn’t at the computer. I had a hard time selecting a name from the many excellent suggestions made by the members of the Facebook Pin Loom Weaving Support Group. (I’d run out of ideas for names and had resorted to calling my new designs Uuuuh 1, Uuuuh 2, etc. “A Run on Diamonds” was formerly known as Uuuuh 4b.)
A Run on Diamonds
So far I only have a two-layer warp (2LW) design chart for the 8″ loom, and it has no numbers. Working on perfecting it. Will update this post as I update my life…
For two-layer warping (2LW)
Blue is OVER
Pink is UNDER
So far I don’t have a chart for two-layer warping (2LW) on a 6″, or 47 x 47, loom. After I design a pattern for it, I’ll upload it.
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If you want to build your own pin loom(s), my husband designed a number of templates in various sizes with the “standard” 1/8-inch spacing. He has also included some with different space measurements between the pins (see individual patterns for pin spacing information).
Example of a template. Please MEASURE your printout to make sure it’s printed the correct size.
If you’ve wanted to try Two-Layer Warping (2LW) patterns, but are intimidated by the complicated 4″ patterns, this size might be a good place to start.
Diamond Eye for 2″ loom