The Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms Blog

Mar. 05, 2021

Learn How To Weave Beads from a 7-Year-Old

When it comes to the arts, kids are often markedly good teachers. There is a certain innocence and fearlessness children possess that allows them to be creative and unbound to expectation. I have seen this again and again watching young people weave both tapestry and beads, but I’m still pleasantly surprised each time a child reminds me of the innocent glee weaving can bring to someone.

Feb. 22, 2021

Tapestry is Weaving But Weaving Isn't Always Tapestry

You’ve seeing these adorable woven wall-hangings on Instagram and Pinterest and you’re ready to take the plunge to learn how to make your own woven art. Maybe you take a class on a basic frame loom or you make your own loom from a picture frame and follow some instructions you find online. Now, you’re ready to take this craft to the next level. What’s first? A high-quality loom! You’ve heard of Mirrix Looms, but they’re tapestry looms… is tapestry the type of weaving you’re interested in? What exactly IS tapestry?

Feb. 22, 2021

Saori-Inspired Weaving on a Mirrix Loom

Feb. 19, 2021

The Newbie's Guide to Pick and Pick

I remember learning the tapestry technique Pick and Pick. I was trying to follow instructions in a book and found myself constantly making mistakes. The middle of the piece would...

Feb. 16, 2021

Confused by Warping? These Exercises Will Help!

I am terrible at memorizing things. I can't tell you how many times someone has given me simple driving directions: Turn left at the light, go straight two blocks, turn right on Elm. And then I get to the light and I have already forgotten if I was supposed to go left or right. If you give me a series of instructions for warping a loom, I will immediately forget what you said. Wrap around the loom from front to back, do a U-turn, go under the bottom beam from back to front WHAT? But if you teach me the concept behind warping a loom, I'll be able to remember that and apply it to actually warping the loom. The following exercises are my attempt at teaching you the idea behind warping a Mirrix loom rather than giving you a series of instructions that might sound like gobbledygook!

Feb. 11, 2021

The "Big Move" Sale! - This sale has ended

To celebrate our big move, we're having a big sale!

Jan. 27, 2021

Prevent Pulling-In

One of the biggest problems beginning tapestry weavers have is that, as they weave up, they begin to pull in the edges of their piece. In the language of tapestry, we’d call this drawing in your selvedges. This can cause the piece to look sloppy and uneven.

Jan. 15, 2021

Stay Home and Weave Weave-Along

Over the holidays we launched a new kit and loom package for a weave-along that will begin in late January. We are sold out of kits and packages, but through January 22nd we are giving everyone a chance to sign up for the weave-along!

Jan. 13, 2021

We're Moving!

For the past 23 years, Mirrix Looms has been housed at a wonderful facility called Sunshine House that provides supported employment for people with physical and mental disabilities. As all good things do, our time at Sunshine House is about to come to an end.

We will be moving into our very own facility with the same dedication to supported employment that we’ve always had. We are starting small with three amazing employees, all who have Mirrix experience, at the brand new Mirrix manufacturing facility: Operations Manager Sandy Sternard, Floor Manager Holly Lauscher, Floor Manager Everett Lang and, not to be forgotten, his support dog, Sunny.