Do you know how to weave?

@kaka135 (14921)
Malaysia
September 13, 2012 12:24am CST
I always want to learn weaving as I saw some Waldorf parents or kids weave their pencil case, and they look pretty nice. I tried to search online, but couldn't find a simple tutorial for that. Finally, I have found this tutorial which I can use a cardboard to make the loom. I will try this out soon. If you have not learn and will like to try weaving, you can go to this site: http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-weave-on-a-cardboard-loom/?ALLSTEPS
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@marguicha (214294)
• Chile
13 Sep 12
Now you can learn a lot of things online. I have a friend who is knitting awesome shawls. She has learned it online. I care more about my kitchen and garden and the web has taught me to grow veggies and make some new dishes. I wanted to learn how to weave when I was younger, but now I try not to do too difficult things with my hands because my joints hurt.
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• Tucson, Arizona
13 Sep 12
Weaving is easy, and if I can find it I have a link to free plans to make a standing table loom that works like the big ones, so you don't have to weave the thread in and out. I have a large standing loom myself, that I built from scrap wood, and you create the weave by pushing the pedals on the bottom, not weaving with your fingers. The smaller table top models work the same way-- you feed the thread or yarn through and push the lever, moving the back warp threads to the front and send the weft, or weaving thread through again. I have been meaning to look for the plans so I can build one for making smaller projects since it is easier than always re-threading my big one-- when I find the plans I'll send you the link through PM. They can be built for only a few dollars worth of materials, even free if you collect scrap wood. Where I live, you can get all the wood you want from the dump for 5.00, so a regularly go over and collect a whole truckload. That way, I always have wood to build and repair with. Someone threw out an entire hardwood floor earlier this summer-- the kind that costs 15.00 a square foot. I brought home enough to cover the concrete floor in my workroom-- 12 by 14 feet-- and it only cost me 5.00 and 2 days work to put down. I also built my floor loom last year, and it's 6 feet wide-- so I can weave king sized blankets on it. I was amazed at how easy they are to build and use, since I had been doing the old fashioned frame weaving before that. You could probably do the frame weaving even with bad hands-- my grandmother did, she just used a large crochet hook to pull the yarn through, and frame weavers are just a square frame with nails across the top and bottom that you tie the warp threads to.
@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
Hi marguicha, yeah, I learned knitting online too, especially youtube, it's easier for us to follow step by step. Hi chrystalia, Thanks for sending me the links, I'd love to see them. ^_^
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
15 Sep 12
When I was a young girl, I had a little weaving loom and I really liked to make woven pot holders to give to my mother, grandmother and even my teachers as gifts. It was something that was so simple to do, but it was also something that would keep me busy for hours. Now that I'm older, I could still weave those same potholders, however, I really have to admit that one of my favorite things to weave is to do digital weaving to make mats on my digital scrapbook pages.
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
16 Sep 12
Woven pot holder is really a good thing to weave, and it's very useful too. What is digital weaving?
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
13 Sep 12
i have tried that and it worked well. i also have a metal loom that i have had forever which also works well. you can get books out of the library on weaving. one thing i would love to try is weaving with a real weaving loom. i know someone that has one and she makes amazing stuffl
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
Hi cher, A real weaving loom is the big one, is it? I do not know where I can buy those looms here, it doesn't seem common here.
@tinkerick (1257)
• United States
13 Sep 12
I love weaving! I learned as a child on a plastic loom, and I regret ever losing track of that loom. Even though it was technically a child's toy it was of a good size that you could make scarfs or smaller items of clothing with it. My kids have a pot holder weaving loom...just a square plastic loom used with nylon fabric loops. I suppose if we ever got the ambition to, we could weave a bunch of squares and sew them together to make something larger. I do have a beading loom which I use to make beaded bracelets and such. I also know how to finger weave - a useful skill for making rope-like decorations. Good luck with your learning to weave...don't forget to have fun!
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
You mean we can also use finger to weave? Well, I am interested in that, and will find out more about it. Yeah, I think it's a good activity for kids, I want to learn it so that I can do it together with my son, or teach my son to do it later. I have not seen those plastic looms selling in the local stores, perhaps I'll try to get one online. I don't know we can even make scarfs from the loom. Thanks for sharing!
@savypat (20216)
• United States
13 Sep 12
In the USA most children learn to weave, in a very simple way, with paper in early art classes. Few get beyond this early class in weaving.
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
I think weaving is good for children too. Do you know at what age do the children start weaving? I just made a simple weaving tool for my son, he is interested but has not yet learned to weave yet. He is 3.5 years old.
@Reneelao (223)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
hi, I have tried during my childhood days, thanks for sharing the site. I will try to do this again one of these days, also will share it with our Sunday school teachers.
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
16 Sep 12
You are welcome. I've read that kids at aged 6 should be able to learn weaving, can weave a bag or something. ^_^
@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Sep 12
I like DIY. However, I have no talent in weaving. I ever read an article about how to weave via the net in the past. The method is quite easy but my hands are still too clumsy to do so. It is hard for me to find that article for you now. I just found the weave information http://www.ehow.com/how_16822_weave-tissue-box.html for you and perhaps you know how to make it by yourself. I love China
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
Hi youless, Thanks for sharing the link, it's a different weaving, but it's worth to try it out too. I didn't know there's a mom section in eHow, I am checking out the Kids activities and see if I can find any good ones for my kids now!
@Porcospino (31367)
• Denmark
8 Apr 13
I have tried it twice. The first time I tried it I was about 7 years old and my class spent some time in a iron age village where we had to live like people from the iron age. One of the activities was weaving and the staff in the village taught us to weave. After some time I was able to weave without help and I enjoyed it a lot. When we returned to our homes I didn't continue weaving and I forgot how to do it. About 20 years later I worked in crafts workshop for people with special needs. Weaving was one of the common activities and I had to learn it again because I had forgotten how to do it. I don't work in that crafts workshop anymore, but I think that it would be interesting like to weave my own things. I have never tried that.
@JamesKYTan (1605)
• Malaysia
13 Dec 12
This craft like weaving, is an art. My mother when she was a young girl she and weave and sew like and expert. She was an natural. She can weave sweater for me.
• United States
20 Sep 12
I used to have a plastic weaving loom when I was younger, but I have not used it in ages. I am taking classes in quilting and am enjoying them. I am also going to learn how to do stained glass painting and will be making ornaments this Christmas. I had learned how to do this by going to ehow and will have to check out youtube and see if they have any videos. I hope you have fun weaving.
@Raine38 (12258)
• United States
13 Sep 12
I don't know how to weave, though I tried to learn online and through instructions my by aunt. It seems it's really not for me =). The closest to it that I know of is cross stitching and that's it. I even tried knitting but I also failed. I guess I'll just be sticking to cross stitching.
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@kaka135 (14921)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
Hi Raine, I learned knitting online too, I think it's not too difficult while following the instructions in youtube, as the video teaches step by step. Perhaps it's good to start from the basic, perhaps you just learned the more complicated techniques?