Pin Loom Weaving: 40 Projects for Tiny Hand Looms

by Margaret Stump

Overview

Tiny palm-sized pin looms are making a comeback. Here is the perfect book to get started with this intriguing weaving technique.• 40 appealing projects for everyone• As portable as knitting—drop a tiny loom in your bag or keep one in your car• Tips and techniques for blankets, bags, and 3-D creations• Includes directions on how to build your own pin loom

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811712484
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	06/15/2014
Pages:	132
Sales rank:	658,650
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Margaret Stump is the author of the successful Pin Loom Weaving. She has been creating wonderful fabrics and projects with pin looms for more than forty years. Her work is creative, original, fun, and appealing to young and old alike. A longtime advocate for this vintage art, she is delighted to see so many artists and craftspeople rediscovering the joys of pin loom weaving. She lives in Mankato, Minnesota, and can be found online at www.pinloomweaving.com.

Editorial Reviews

This is a wonderful introduction to pin weaving! Margaret Stump is so clearly passionate about her craft, and passionate about sharing it. Pin looms are quite expensive—for what they are (although not for the joy and satisfaction they provide)—but in this book, Margaret gives us templates for making them. She answers the question as to how much yarn you need for a square, and provides weaving instructions for basic squares and patterned squares. All this is clearly illustrated and easy to understand. What is more, there are patterns galore—for bags and cases, gifts and home décor, blankets (including animal blankets complete with stencils), and a beautiful farm set, with animals, a farmhouse which becomes a tote, and cute little Amish dolls. If you have always wanted to try pin weaving, but had no idea where to start or what to make, this is the perfect book!

Yarn, 62 - Naomi James

"This book would work well for any dyed-in-the-wool weavers, but in addition to that, may be just the thing to introduce weaving to non-weavers, a chance to dip their toes in the water. Small loom, inexpensive investment: hey--cool cloth! And who knows where that could lead?"

Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot - Marilyn Romatka

"Margaret Stump's new book is an unintimidating journey into the art of weaving...With clear instructions and fun projects, this is a great book for those wanting to dive into pin-loom weaving or who are looking for fun and simple projects for children."

Handwoven - Lauren Meyer

"Pin Loom Weaving packs in some 40 projects that use tiny hand looms to produce big results, from blankets and toys to home décor, and even includes instructions on how to build your own pin loom!...Add color photos throughout for a lovely, winning needlework guide!"

California Bookwatch

"[The book contains] 40 different projects you can create from these squares and rectangles. It only requires 7 1/2 yds of yarn to complete a square (think stash buster)...So gather up your hammer and nails and yarn stash and get to it. They are small enough to carry with you. But remember...it is addicting."

Hartford Knitting Examiner - Paula Moliver