![]() One of the fun outings we had in Arizona was getting together with two couples we know from Minnesota who were also snowbirding there. I wanted a solid color, although you could end up with an interesting effect with some graphics on the fabric. I had to browse through quite a few racks to find a plain tee shirt that was appropriate with no side seams. Soon after that I did make a trip to Goodwill and bought a plain purple tee shirt for $2.29. When I told my husband I wanted to go to the thrift store to buy a tee shirt to make yarn, he could not wrap his head around it and made a comment about how that did not make any sense. I had read about making tee shirt yarn, which would be similar to the stretchy cotton yarn in the project above and suitable for weaving on the potholder loom. Later I crocheted around the sides to give it a firmer border, but in the meantime I had another idea. It could be used with the sides left as is, after weaving in the ends. It is not thick enough for a potholder, but would make a very nice washcloth. The next photo shows the weaving off the potholder loom. The weaving looks very uneven, but once removed from the loom it naturally evens itself out. Using a crochet hook instead of the metal hook Using a darning needle for the last row For the very last row I used a darning needle to pull the yarn through. That was easier, but the hook part was not really deep enough to hold on to the yarn. Beginning of diagonal weaving on the potholder loomĪs you get closer to the middle, it is hard to get the metal hook through the open space, so I started using a crochet hook. Starting in the upper corner, you alternate between weaving the yarn across over and under the vertical rows, and then wrapping the yarn vertically around the next set of pegs on each side. I had to watch several different videos, but once I figured out how diagonal weaving works it was easy. It is hard to communicate the process with words and photos. The potholder loom does not have posts in the corners which is necessary for diagonal weaving, so I had to improvise with office clips which can be seen in the photo below. A pin loom is a basic small loom with nails or posts on all sides for wrapping the yarn around. ![]() I found some YouTube videos with instructions for diagonal continuous weaving on a pin loom or potholder loom. ![]() The stretchy loops that came with the loom next to some stretchy cotton yarn The next photo shows some of the cotton loops that came with the potholder loom, next to some 100% cotton yarn I had brought that is like a stretchy tube. To mix things up a bit, I decided to experiment with weaving on my potholder loom. After finally completing a pair of socks I worked on for most of our two months in Arizona, it was time to dig into the supplies I had in the RV and decide what to work on next.
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