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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If you’re not a member of the Facebook Pin Loom Weaving Support Group, you might want to join. We’ve got such a great group of creatives over there I can’t keep up with all their ideas.
There are several options for our Winter Weave-Along project. I’ll start with the basic idea which one of my Facebook pin loom buddies, Sarah Hluchy, contributed. It’s a variation on the Fall Banner.
This diagram shows 12 patterned squares and the three folded-over plain weave squares used to hang the banner. (In fact, they don’t have to be plain weave; an all-over pattern weave might also look nice, as long as it doesn’t compete with the other squares. See finished Noel Banner photo below.)
From A to Zed, but still missing lots in between.
Also, still missing Zed.
In an attempt to make my alphabet letters more consistent with each other, I felt the need to thicken the legs on letter A. The changes are shown in green. I haven’t woven this option yet, but I believe it will look fine.
Letter: F
Sample — L1-3: RHS “Toast,” L4: RHS “Guacamole”
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For the outline pumpkin it’s OK to use high contrast yarn. I think the Fall Banner will look better with solid-fill patterns than outlines, but this Pumpkin Outline might be useful for other purposes.
The Pumpkin Outline is a more natural pumpkin shape, not uniform from side to side.
Pumpkin Outline — Right Stem
Sample — L1-3: RHS “Tangerine,” L4: YBSS “Olive”
Pumpkin Outline — Left Stem
For the last pattern in the Fall Banner project, you get to choose the one you like best.
When I first thought up the project idea I had already designed the pumpkin. After I started laying out my squares, however, I realized the pumpkin was the only one that was an outline—rather than a filled-in shape. I thought the outline didn’t look good with the others.
But then I had new problems.
The pumpkin shape tends to show better on the back of the square
Leaf A
(Make two)
Sample — L1-3: RHSS “Artichoke,” L4: CSS “Chartreuse”
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***Please refer to Glossary page for explanation of abbreviations. See Diagrams if you need help with basic warping.***
Maple Leaf
(make two for the Fall Banner)
One-Color Sample: RHS “Tangerine”
Maple Leaf
