How to Weave an Autumnal Wall Hanging

Directions

1. Warp your loom with cotton warp yarn as wide as you want. Our sample is approximately 4 inches wide.

2. Insert a 2" header at the beginning (we used a piece of thin cardstock).
3. Thread the Magic Stick with thin roving and weave a couple of rows.

4. In this project, the brown textured yarn is used as a supplemental weft, and will travel up the piece to evoke branches. To do this, pass the supplemental weft through two warp threads from right to left.

   

5. Weave the roving across the whole width.

   

6. Continue passing the supplemental weft through 2-3 warp threads at a time, always going from the right to the left. This way, the supplemental weft will always be traveling on the top of the weaving, creating a dynamic line.  Continue to weave the plain weave background with the roving. This is a freeform way of weaving, so just let the design develop in a pleasing way.

   

7. Add side branches to the heavy woven branches by using the weaving needle to sew simple straight stitches.

   

8. Use 3 or more acorns and attach them to the fabric with short pieces of thin wire or sewing thread.

   

9. After all of the embellishing is finished, insert a dowel.

   

10. Start snipping and tying the warp threads to the dowel.

    

11. Remove the project from the loom and tie the bottom threads together in knots to secure the first couple of rows.