Some days I weave more, but most days I meet my 3-square quota, and I’m happy with that.
My goal at the moment is to weave 3 squares a day, which takes about 45 minutes. It‘s so relaxing!Ĭhristina‘s pin loom next to her computer, ready to weave during her next meeting. (In my house, unattended yarn often gets “repurposed” by my older son as “Spiderman webs,” which is less than ideal.) Weaving from a cake also means I get to enjoy watching the colors slowly change as I weave away. (The fact that I do not now, nor have ever crocheted, is not important.) With all that in mind I think 81 squares should be enough to create a blanket that’s 36" x 36" and just the right size for a baby blanket.įor the yarn I decided to pick up a cake of yarn in blues and grays, so I wouldn’t have to worry about multiple put-ups. I plan to crochet the pieces together and then use a crochet trim around the blanket as a whole, which should make up for any shrinkage of the squares. My pin loom weaves a square about 4" by 4" before wet-finishing. I discovered I can weave one square in the time it takes to brew a cup of pour-over coffee.įor my first big pin-loom project post-baby, I decided to weave Baby E a blanket. Some days, I might have an hour or more to sit down and weave other days, I might have to get my weaving in the brief moments of respite amid the chaos.
They’re quick to weave on and can be put down and picked up as many times as needed. Pin looms are perfect for folks who only have a little time (and I mean a real little), here and there. Instead of fretting about not being able to warp up my big loom, I’ve been enjoying weaving on my pin loom. At most I have an hour or two every evening that I can devote to weaving-on a good day. Weekends then are spent playing with the children and doing that which must be done around the house. Babies and 4 year olds both require a lot of attention but in very different ways, so if I’m with the baby, my husband is with the older child and vice versa.
Blanket loom free#
What do you do when you want to weave your child (or any child in your life, really) a baby blanket, but you don’t have the time or mental energy to warp up a big loom? You weave it on a pin loom, one piece at a time-or at least that’s what I’m doing.Īfter having my second child, I found my free time all but disappeared.
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