Hankering for Yarn » cardboard loom http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn Knitting, Crochet, Spool Knitting, Spinning and Weaving Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Piglet pouch and weaving birds http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/piglet-pouch-and-weaving-birds/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/piglet-pouch-and-weaving-birds/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 21:08:24 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/piglet-pouch-and-weaving-birds Post from: Hankering for Yarn

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It’s a very bad idea to read a hysterically funny book when you are in bed, and your exhausted husband is trying to sleep.

Last night, I was reading with my wee tiny light, trying oh so hard to be inconspicuous…. well…. oops!

I am reading the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith, and the gentle, but hilarious adventures/misadventures in the agency and garage had me in stitches. Which meant that the bed was shaking like a windswept leaf.  Poor seasick (awake) hubby!

There was one passage that struck me as being totally ‘Winnie the Pooh’. That made me want to be able to share it with my sister-in-law who was also a Pooh fan. Sadly, as the characters in the book say, she is now ‘late’.

Today, I was rummaging around searching for a missing earring, and there were two heart earrings that she had given me, right beside a little amulet bag that had a Piglet pin (also given to me by her) on it. It felt like a message of love and connection to her, from her.

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So, today, I am wearing my Piglet Pouch and heart earrings, feeling connected to a sister who has gone on ahead.

I wove this pouch on this cardboard loom:

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and then added a seed bead fringe. And a Piglet pin, and happy memories.

Oh, yes! Because of Mma Ramotswe and her Ladies Detective Agency, I was wondering what the textile traditions are in Botswana. Crochet is mentioned in the books, but no weaving, basketry or knitting.

So, I did a search on Youtube to see if there were any videos of weavers in Botswana.  Yes! there are!

But – they are all birds ….. Weaver birds

If you haven’t discovered the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series, and are open to a charming, gentle, wise, funny and engaging, but oooooooooh so addictive read, then you’ve got some lovely summer reading ahead of you!

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/piglet-pouch-and-weaving-birds/feed/ 13 Small looms I love- Looms from the recycling bin http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/small-looms-i-love-looms-from-the-recycling-bin/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/small-looms-i-love-looms-from-the-recycling-bin/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:24:31 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/small-looms-i-love-looms-from-the-recycling-bin Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> My dear friend, Terri Bibby, teaches people how to weave with Saori looms, & with these  little hand made looms About a dozen years or so ago,  there was a guy who lived just down the road. He reclaimed scrap materials that were being tossed on building sites and sold them for reasonable prices. I bought some acrylic, and made neat little ‘invisible’ frame looms:

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They’re very nice little looms to weave on, but I’ll never make more of them! The acrylic was just murder to work with! I’ll stick with wood and metal!

But, it was still a successful recycling/reclaiming/weaving project, even if I wouldn’t repeat it!

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