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How to Weave a Small Piece on a Large Loom Without Wasting Warp

How to Weave a Small Piece on a Large Loom Without Wasting Warp

Even with multiple looms, I'm always finding myself without an empty loom or without the right sized empty loom for the piece I want to weave. 

There isn't much you can do if you want to weave a big piece and only have a small loom available, but there are a couple of ways to weave a small piece on a large loom without wasting [much] warp. 
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Getting Back to Tapestry

Getting Back to Tapestry

When I was very young, my parents brought a needlepoint kit back from a trip to France. There were two projects. I ended up doing my own thing, coloring way outside the lines and discovered I liked needlepoint. I was able, over the years of that childhood, to cobble together materials to make my own needlepoint designs.
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Weaving When Your Hands Betray You

Weaving When Your Hands Betray You

A while back I was teaching a tapestry and bead weaving class at The Art Institute of New Hampshire. I remember one woman complaining a lot about her arthritic hands and...
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Scared to Start Weaving? 5 Tips To Get Your Loom Out Of The Box!

Scared to Start Weaving? 5 Tips To Get Your Loom Out Of The Box!

If you've never woven before, never woven on a Mirrix loom before or have never woven a large piece before, it's normal to feel a little bit intimidated. Where you do you start? What project do you choose? What if you make a mistake? Here are  five tips to help you get started!
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We're On Gist Yarn's Weave Podcast!

We're On Gist Yarn's Weave Podcast!

A few weeks ago, Claudia and I settled in next to each other, crossed our fingers that my foster dog wouldn't bark and chatted with Sarah Resnick over at Gist Yarn...
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Customer Story: A Life in and out of Weaving

Customer Story: A Life in and out of Weaving

By Lloyd Pollack  I have been physically weaving on and off, in and out, for close to fifty years. In my head, I have always been a weaver. My interest started...
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The Yarn Scrap Challenge - Win a Loom!

The Yarn Scrap Challenge - Win a Loom!

I have a basket where all my yarn scraps go. In it is everything from silk to wool; hand-dyed, hand-spun, commercial; every color of the rainbow. The pile just keeps getting bigger because I never know what to do with scraps. 

I am sure many of you have the same problem, and so today we are launching a challenge (with prizes): The Yarn Scrap Challenge! 

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Weaving with Hand-painted Silk Ribbon

Weaving with Hand-painted Silk Ribbon

Weaving a piece with hand-painted silk ribbon on a Mirrix loom.
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Customer Story: Tapestry For Artists Who Can't Draw Straight Lines

Customer Story: Tapestry For Artists Who Can't Draw Straight Lines

Customer Feature: Cindy Burdette
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How High Do I Adjust My Loom?

How High Do I Adjust My Loom?

I am not what you would consider a math wiz. I went out of my way in college to take a logic class to fulfill my math credits and even the...
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A Loom Bag is Coming!

A Loom Bag is Coming!

One product we're always being asked about is a bag made specifically for Mirrix looms. Finding one to sell is harder than it looks, partly because if we endorse or sell a...
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New Faces in Tapestry: Call for Contributors

New Faces in Tapestry: Call for Contributors

Call for Contributors for Tapestry Topics, the quarterly American Tapestry Alliance newsletter.  Deadline: April 1, 2018 In recent years, a type of weft-faced weaving that can often be broadly defined as tapestry has...
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holiday gift guide 2017

The Mirrix Looms Holiday 2017 Gift Guide

In this gift guide you'll find crowd-sourced loom and loom accessory ideas for the crafter or artist in your life, kits to give and to make as gifts and some great present ideas from other companies and organizations catering to weavers. 
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Weave-Along 25: The Rosalie Bracelet

Weave-Along 25: The Rosalie Bracelet

Mirrix's 25th weave-along 25 just launched, and we're inviting you to join!  Take part in this virtual course and make this gorgeous beaded bracelet that's accessible to every level bead...
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The Weaving Meditation Challenge

The Weaving Meditation Challenge

I am not good at meditation. Even after a long, hard yoga class I can barely sit still for savasana, and forget about being able to wake up and take a...
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