Weaving for Beginners by Annabel Wrigley

Beginner | 45 min

Taught by Annabel Wrigley

Now that you’ve set up your loom and understand basic weaving techniques, you’re ready to learn some new textural stitches. Annabel begins by introducing you to wool roving, showing how to use this thick fiber to create fluffy cloud-like sections. She also shows how to work the Soumak stitch, which creates neatly braided rows, as well as more textured pile stitches, like Pulled Loops and short Rya fringe. She concludes this course by showing you alternate ways to finish and display your woven pieces once they’re off the loom.

Learn how to:

Create layers of multicolored fringe
Incorporate wool roving into your weaving
Stretch and twist wool roving to adjust thickness
Make Soumak stitches, which create a braided texture
Make Pulled Loop stitches to create a loopy texture
Make super short fringe
Use alternate ways to finish and hang your woven pieces

Chapters

More Complex Weaving Techniques
Part 2 Overview 00:55
Materials00:53

Adding Texture
Adding color pops06:36
Adding roving09:27
Braided soumak stitch04:43
Pulled loops07:46
Creating short pile fringe05:00

Finishing
Remove from loom09:19

Materials

Here’s what you’ll need:

Frame loom with a weaving in progress

Wool roving

Selection of medium-weight yarn in colors of your choosing

Two dowels

Large knitting needles

Ruler

Plastic fork

Tapestry needle with a bent tip

Scissors

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Weaving for Beginners

Part 1:

Weaving for Beginners: Basic Weaving Techniques

Annabel Wrigley

Annabel begins by showing you how to build your own loom using an inexpensive frame and nails, and then demonstrates how to set up the warp threads. Using any yarn you like, you’ll learn the basic over-under motion of classic weaving, and once you’ve mastered the essentials, you’ll learn how to create fringe, stripes, and colorful shapes. At the end of this first class, Annabel shows you how to take the weaving off the loom and turn it into a wall hanging.

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