How To Weave A Wall Hanging Without A Loom

When you are done attach your wall hanging to the dowel by threading yarn through the top of the mesh and tying it to the dowel.

How to weave a wall hanging without a loom.

Pull the end through the loop to create a tassel. Also if you are working with thicker yarn don t be afraid to forget about your weaving shuttle and tapestry needle and just start using your hands. Then tie the upper hanging sample to the branch in the same manner. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Continue to create these loops across the top. You can diy your own weaving loom for a few dollars and purchase some yarn at your craft store to make this beauty. To attach your weaving to your stick you will need to create a series of overhand knots. Use the twine to tie the lower hanging rug sample to the branch leaving enough space for the upper sample to hang with a 2 inch gap above and below.

However if you ve been dying to make your own textural weave and don t want to spend five hours sitting down to make one this tutorial is for you. Thread the stick through and adjust the size of your loops so that the piece will hang evenly. I looped the twine through the rug s fibers on the back so that the knots wouldn t show. In this post learn 3 basic weaving pattern techniques which will help you create an array of different wall hangings.

Thread your needle with a length of yarn a then stitch the dowel and the wall hanging together. Thread it through a hole and then back through the hole below holding on to the end so it doesn t come all the way through. Take your first two warp threads and tie them in an overhand knot leaving a loop for the wood to be threaded through. Learning to weave is not hard at all.