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my first piece of loom work |
I bought myself a little
Beadzu loom and have woven a few pieces. The first one, above, is based on a
Latvian floral bracelet pattern. I used 11/0 Toho beads and put in the edging with 15/0s. I really had no idea what I was doing so I went to YouTube and watched some videos. I wanted to figure out how to loom with as few warp threads as possible, but I decided I might just try the most basic method first. I used Nymo to thread the loom, but have since read that if I use Fireline or another thread that is difficult to split, I might be able to pull the warps through the finished piece in sort of a serpentine so that I end up with only two threads to deal with at the end (see video at the end of the post).
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you can see my wobbles, but I was happy and they aren't so evident when I'm wearing the cuff |
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butter soft leather lining |
I stitched the piece to a thin piece of leather and found the perfect bead for the closure.
Next, I decided to try weaving with some 15/0s. Crazy, huh? Well I decided that looming went so quickly that I might as well use the tiny beads I love so much. I had seen this pattern in a Bead and Button a few years ago. It turned out that the crazy part of this attempt wasn't the 15/0s, but the 37 warp threads!
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"In Flight" pattern from B&B |
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Look at all those warp threads! |
I'm still looking around for the perfect leather or Ultrasuede to back this piece. The cream beads are matte finish and the red are Toho
inside-color jonquil-hyacinth lined (TR-15-303/c).