Showing posts with label weaving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weaving. Show all posts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Basket weaving.




We spent some time at my mother in law's lake/pond. I used willow branches to weave my first basket. It was really fun to make and now I want to look up instructions on how to make some other types. Obviously I need a little practice to make it a bit more even.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Garden Loom

The first step (after collecting sticks from the woods that is) in making a garden loom is to use twine to tie the sticks together into a frame. Casey used knots he learned from being a boy scout.
Here he is tying the last one together.
After the loom was together we dug two holes in the ground and put the loom in. I then wrapped brown yarn around the sticks.
I used blue yarn to weave in the sky while K searched for leaves and grass to weave in the bottom.
For a finishing touch we wove in flowers from the garden.

I've been wanting to make a garden loom for a long time. I keep seeing them on other people's pages and have been thinking how beautiful they are. I love the idea of keeping it out all year and adding/ changing it through the seasons. We collected our sticks on a walk through the woods a week ago and spent Saturday morning putting it all together.