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Patterns for Weaving
on Your Loom
by Wendy Van Camp
Finding patterns for your loom can be difficult these
days. Cross stitch patterns can be used, but are often too large
or too detailed to be of any use to the loom beader. Below are some
patterns that I designed on my computer bead software. They are free
for anyone to use for whatever purpose you wish. I hope that you
enjoy them.
The first three patterns are for a bracelet using size 11/0 seed beads.
It should be the correct number of rows to get a bracelet of 7 1/2 inches
including a clasp. For directions on how to set up your loom, please
see my previous article in Etcetera.
To finish the bracelet once you have woven it, attach the loom work to
a piece of cloth or leather and simply sew the clasp onto the backing.
Next are two earring patterns that you can make on your loom.
One reason I like to make earrings on my loom is that they come together
so quickly. I can weave a dozen earrings on one set of warp threads
in 1/2 the time it would take for me to weave them by hand. To finish
the earrings after weaving, tape the warp threads on each side of
the earring before cutting both earrings off of the loom. Fold the
warp threads back and glue so that you have a flat, smooth square.
Cut a piece of cardboard just slightly smaller than the loom work earring.
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Sounds like a math problem doesn't it? But positive and negative space are a big part of art and our lives! Positive is what is there...negative is the space around the positive space. Think of a door for example: the positive space is the door frame, the negative space is when the door is opened - a door would be no good without the negative space would it? What is the positive and negative space for a cup or fish tank?
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Cover
it with fabric on one side using a glue gun. Glue the open cardboard
side to the back of the loom work so that the loom work is on one side
and the fabric covered side of the cardboard is on the other. Glue
an earring post to the fabric covering, centering it as much as possible.
The drawing
of the tree on the left shows the positive space of the tree. Find
something to draw in your house or outside that has both positive and negative
space. Do a drawing like our tree of just the positive space.
Then, draw the same thing but only draw the negative space! The drawing
on the right shows what our tree would look like. Drawing the negative
spaces is much harder because you aren't used to noticing it! But
doing drawings like this will make you a better artist because you will
start noticing more space!