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Archive for the ‘weaving on a potholder loom’ Category

May 1st, 2008

Woven mixed media dolls - Links

Here are the links for my mixed media woven dolls:
Woven Earth Listener Angel  Doll
Dame Julian and Neni 
Three young spritely spirited mixed media dolls 
Mixed media dolls with found objects 
Tags: butterfly looms, carving doll heads, crafting with recycled materials, Creativity, designing dolls, dollmaking, dolls, eco projects, handspun yarn, how to make worry dolls, how to make […]

By Noreen -- 5 comments

January 23rd, 2008

Small looms I love- All the links

I’ve just finished writing a series of posts about small looms that I love.
Here’s the list of loom links organized by the cost of the looms:
$0 - Looms made from recycled stuff
Under $5 - Plastic Potholder Looms
Under $15- Peggetty Loom Book
Under $20- Harrisville Potholder Loom
Harrisville Peg Loom

Under $25 - Harrisville Backstrap […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

January 20th, 2008

Small looms I love- Metal potholder looms

I began this series on  small looms that I love with my beloved potholder loom.
One thing that is truly lovely about potholder looms is that you can buy the absolute Cadillac of the potholder loom world for very little money…. less than the price of a movie and popcorn!
Which loom am I speaking about?

Metal potholder […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

November 28th, 2007

Teeny Bears for Charity

The other day, I posted about making teeny bears for charity.
Today, it hit me that I could use the pattern that I designed for a teeny potholder loom woven bear  to make felted  comfort bears for the women and children at the women’s shelter.

So, I whipped out the book-it’s been awhile since I designed it, […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

February 18th, 2007

Noreen’s Workshops at Chain Link 2007

I am so pleased!
I have learned that these are the workshops that I’ll be teaching in Manchester NH on July 14 and 15 .
I’ll be teaching
Cross Currents Vests Saturday Morning July 14

Cross Currents Vests:

One of a kind Vests that bring together many strands…. Learn how to make a vest that […]

By Noreen -- 14 comments

January 13th, 2007

Plain & simple potholders & the gentle art of listening

For Christmas,one of the things that I made for my Mom was a plain and simple potholder. I wove it on my potholder loom, and wrote a blog entry on it:
click on potholder to see the entry.
I was talking to my Mom the other day, in the thick of the blizzard. […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

December 19th, 2006

Potholder Loom Weaving: Making some quick potholders

Over the years, I have spent a lot of time designing neat things and interesting ways of weaving with the humble little potholder loom.
But, I have hardly ever made potholders with the potholder loom! Which I find rather funny.
Anyhow, I was thinking about augmenting some of the kitchen gifts that Jim has been making. I […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

October 11th, 2006

Back on track with lovely autumn colors of yarn, and notes about 4 color weaving on the potholder loom

I’ve been experiencing bloggus interuptus as we have been coming to terms with the death of Jim’s sister, Patty.
The death of a sister is a terrible thing, and I send heartfelt hugs to other people who are going through this, too…..
One of the things that I have just been loving, and finding to be […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

September 14th, 2006

Potholder Loom Weaving: Still playing with 2 color weaving on the potholder loom

Here’s how to weave a 2/2 check pattern on the potholder loom.For this square, I am using Caron Simply Soft combined with several strands of sewing machine thread to add more zip to the colorways:
Tie both colors (in this case, Limelight and Blue Mint) to the loom, and warp it with 2 passes of each […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

September 8th, 2006

Potholder Loom Weaving: Freeform Dolls woven on the Potholder loom

When I was collaborating with elinor peace bailey on our book:
Storytelling with Dolls,

I knew, right from the first moment, that I was going to design dolls to be made on the potholder loom.
I went through 5 different series of dolls…. experimenting,
figuring, contemplating, exploring….
One series of dolls was a combination of spoolknitting and potholder loom […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments