Triangle loom information
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Now loop the yarn over the pin the far corner, all the way across the top of the loom. Keep it fairly tight. Go under that pin, around and down as shown in photo. Loop around the first side pin and stretch the yarn back across the loom horizontally. These two horizontal yarns are the first warps. The weaving will get tighter later after you get more wefts woven across these horizontal warps. If you make it too tight, the fabric will pull in when you take it off the loom and be smaller than the size of the loom, and may curl. It will be hard to do the last weaving in the center of the loom also, as the yarns will get so tight it will be hard to pull the final loops down with the hook. You will not be able to loosen the yarn after much weaving is completed, so it would be better to err on the loose side until experience shows you how tight to pull the yarn. I know I have to keep telling myself not to pull it as tight as I can.
Now the first actual weaving is done. Loop the yarn coming back across the loom below and around the first side pin and continue around the next top pin. Weave the yarn loop under the top warp and over the second warp. Note that the yarn loop is under the top warp and over the second warp on both sides of the loop. (Arrows). You can do this weaving with your fingers or use a hook to reach up through the warps and pull the loop down. A hook is much faster and more accurate in my opinion. The size of the hook depends on the yarn thickness. A long afghan hook is a good tool for weaving. This loop will be spread apart clear to the far side of the loom.
The left side of the loop is hooked around the next side pin on the left side. Loop it around on the outside of the pin as it will be stretched across the loom horizontally.
The right side of the loop you wove through the two warps is run around
the outside of the next lower side pin and straight up and around the next
top pin working inward, as shown by the arrows. Note that the yarn
still has its over and under pattern created by pulling down the
first weaving loop before the loop was spread across the loom. The
yarn now is ready to be again woven over and under the horizontal warps in
a loop and the process repeated.
This time a hook can be run up on the right side of the loom to grab a loop. Make sure the over and under pattern is the opposite of the last vertical yarn. You will find that each time you weave the hook up through
the warps, you start by going over the bottom warp. This
allows you to quickly start the over and under weaving with the hook,
checking occasionally to see that you are on the right track.
If you finish at the top of the loom in the right sequence, chances are
that the entire course was accurate.
Yarn colors can be changed to create fabric patterns, as in this photo.
There are several ways to finish edges, depending of the project you are
making. A fringe can be attached, as for a shawl. Different casting-off
methods, such a crochet, can be used. If the triangle weaving will be
combined with others, such as to create square or a multiple square
pattern; the finished weaving can be taken off the loom without
casting-off stitches. The long side of the weaving is improved by chaining
off all the loops with a crochet hook. This can be done after the weaving
is popped off the loom. There are different methods of weaving and adding
fringes if desired. Changing yarns, changing colors The reason you do not want the knot from splicing yarn at the top or long side of the weaving is that is the part of the fabric that will be around the neck if it is a shawl. Also you do not want the knot in the middle of the weaving as it will show. Therefore you should put the knot at one of the side pins. If you are running out of yarn, the splice will be done when you don't have enough left to do another complete loop. If you want to change colors, you will make the splice when you have done a desired width of weaving with the previous color. You figure out approximately how much of the old length of yarn will be needed to reach down to the next side pin by stretching the old yarn down to the next side pin one the side below where the last complete loop was done; but not weaving it in yet. Leave enough excess past the knot for a fringe, if needed. Tie a loose temporary knot to the new length of yarn then weave down through the warps as usual. You will be pulling the knot down through. When the yarn is pulled down snug, the knot can be re- tied so it is exactly at outside of the side nail. Now when you pull the rest of the loop over to the next nails on the other side and the top it will be the new yarn. If you are making a color change it will be the new color. If you were making a fringe, the tails of the knot could be left at least long enough to be part of the fringe. If not, the yarn tails can we hand woven into the fabric. This site may have better instructions on triloom weaving: http://taliesin.confabulation.com/~workstead/continuous.html There are links on this website below to many resources and also triangle loom weaving groups. Hideaway Homestead Triangle Looms: www.hideawayhomestead.com/trianglelooms.htm
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