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We want to hear YOUR weaving story! If you'd be interested in sharing with the Mirrix community, send an email to elena@mirrixlooms.com and tell us more! Click here to join Jan's Weaving Arts...

Big Looms. Big Savings. We wanted to make our biggest looms a little more accessible with 15% off the 28" McKinley Loom, 32" Joni Loom and 38" Zeus Loom with code BIG at checkout.

We want to hear YOUR weaving story! If you'd be interested in sharing with the Mirrix community, send an email to elena@mirrixlooms.com and tell us more! Susan Astill My Fibre story began...

I began thinking about this a few weeks ago. What in my life do I consider self-care? Is spending time with friends self-care? Netflix binging? Long walks with the dog? Weaving? How do I prioritize these things? 

I realized that, for me, self-care is about doing something I love for the sake of doing it. Going for a walk with the dog when I'm busy and it's raining and my ankle is sore doesn't count. Painting my nails at 10:30 at night because I have an important meeting and the chipped-nail look isn't en vogue isn't self care. Weaving because I am writing a tutorial isn't about caring for myself. 

We want to hear YOUR weaving story! 

You may not have gone to the gym today, but who’s to say you didn’t exercise? Studies have shown that weaving is great for you and now we have a brilliant way to track each heart-healthy pass of your weft!

We are excited to announce that our brand new Mirrix weaving fitness tracker, the FitWeave, is now available for pre-order.

For many years we have been trying to design an accessory that would attach to a Mirrix Loom to make warping easier. The Shasta Combs are the result of this effort and they are now in stock! 

Should You Purchase a Bottom Spring Kit?

This year we have, once again, been overwhelmed by the amazing applications to our Brand Ambassador Program. Huge thanks go out to everyone who took the time to apply. We are excited to...

Continuous warping is the default method of warping on a Mirrix Loom. By warping in this manner you can begin to weave and then actually shift the warp around the loom as your weaving grows. There are a couple of reasons you might want to do this. First, it is often most comfortable to keep your weaving at a certain level so you don't have to lift your arms very high. Second, this method allows you to weave a piece much longer than the height of your loom!

Last year we discontinued our popular layaway program because it was becoming difficult to manage logistically. Since then, we've had a lot of people ask if we could re-instate the...

This post is part of our Why a Mirrix series. Click here to see the other posts.  A Mirrix is a versatile loom, which means many people use it for...

On February 20, 2019 at 2:00 PM (PST) [5 PM EST] we will be doing a LIVE bead weaving demonstration on YouTube. You will be able to watch the stream directly on YouTube here or by watching the embedded stream below.

The goal of this demonstration is to show how simple weaving beads on a Mirrix Loom can be. This project is perfect for beginners who are feeling intimidated by their loom or aren't sure how to get started.

How to organize your studio like Marie Kondo would!

Whether you're weaving beads or fiber, the spacing of your warps (sett) is very important. Many looms give you one spacing option that can be modified by warping every other or every two or three notches/dents/pegs. On a Mirrix, you have almost unlimited sett options because of our warp coil system.

Each loom (with a shedding device) comes with four warp coils: 8 dents per inch, 12 dents per inch, 14 dents per inch and 18 dents per inch. Each of these coils can be warped at their intended sett or every other or every two or three dents. That means the 18 dent coil, for example, can be used at 18 dents per inch or 9 dents per inch or 6 dents per inch. We also have additional coils available at 10, 16, 20 and 22 dents per inch.