The Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms Blog

Mar. 27, 2020

Mirrix Knows Creating Is Necessary: The Bauble Bracelet

Mar. 25, 2020

Weaving Beads on The Saffron Pocket Loom

While our newest loom, The Saffron Pocket Loom, was designed for tapestry, many of you want to know if you can weave beads on it. The answer is yes, but it comes with some caveats.

Mar. 25, 2020

The Saffron Pocket Loom: Begin Here

Did you just purchase a Saffron Pocket Loom?

Here we've compiled all of our resources for using this loom all in one place.

Mar. 25, 2020

No Warp-Ends/Four Selvedge Weaving on a Saffron Pocket Loom

Many of you have asked how to weave a four-selvedge piece on our new Saffron Pocket Loom. It's very easy to do!

Mar. 23, 2020

Mirrix Knows Creating Is Necessary: Woods Hole Lighthouse Bead Pattern

Mar. 20, 2020

Mirrix Knows Creating Is Necessary: Purple and Green Celtic Knot by Jacqui McCloy Pell

Yesterday I got a message from Jacqui McCloy Pell, author of Bead Weaving on a Loom, offering a free bead pattern to our community for the next 30 days as part in our #creatingisnecessary campaign to help keep our community engaged and learning during these difficult times. We are touched by Jacqui's kindness and generosity. It is another example of how our community is coming together. We thank you all for that.

Mar. 19, 2020

Mirrix Knows Creating Is Necessary: Free Bead Patterns

In these trying times, we at Mirrix Looms are committed to helping our community get through each day the only way we know how. We will be posting new and old (but previously no longer available) free projects, free downloads and videos to keep you inspired and learning regardless of the loom you use to weave.

We are starting with three free bead patterns. Click each one to download. (Note: These are quite a few years old, we used to sell them, so we cannot guarantee that the bead numbers are totally up to date.)

Feb. 18, 2020

Win A Saffron Pocket Loom

Affordability, quality and portability come together like never before in the tiny Saffron Pocket Loom. Our goal was to make a loom that would function as a small starter loom, perfect for introducing you to the family of Mirrix Looms, or a tiny loom perfect for travel or workshops or just weaving in bed.

Jan. 29, 2020

"But I Don't Need Another Craft." (Five Reasons Why You Do)

Adding a loom to your list of supplies seems like craft-overkill. But folks, I am here as an enabler with five reasons why you DO need to embark on a new craft, weaving, despite those languishing watercolors in a box in your basement.

Jan. 27, 2020

Why Warp Spacing Matters (Updated)

Remember to consider your warp sett when planning your tapestry, and get a loom where you have the option to set your warp spacing!

Jan. 23, 2020

In Defense Of The Side Hustle

Lately, side-hustles have gotten a lot of flack. "Why can't hobbies be just for fun?" "Don't people weave just to weave anymore?" "Not everyone needs to sell their work." And I get it, I do, and until I started to really think about it I was of the, "Why does everything have to be about sales and attention?" camp. I want people to feel like they can weave for the sake of weaving and not with an added pressure to have to sell their work. There is something sacred in that and that easy to forget when you default pace of life is feverish.

But I feel the need to defend the side hustle.