Woven flower pin
Now that the Jar O’ Joy has gotten to its destination, I wanted to show a new craft that I included in the jar.
I have a little 2″x2″ loom made by Buxton Brooks called a Weavette. I’ve had it for a while, but this it the first time I’ve made something assembled from it instead of little squares. There was a tutorial for this project in the winter 2005 Spin-Off by this author, who has a website here. The loom came with the book pictured and excellent instructions on its use.
This is the flower I made with it. I wove two little squares out of leftover Debbie Bliss Aran Tweed color 02 (red), then pulled a couple of the center threads to make them pucker up into a more flowery shape. I stacked them on top of each other and tied the center threads into place. The leaf is another square made out of leftover Noro Kureyon, folded over into a paralellogram and tied to the flowers. I stitched a few rows of yellow Baby Ull for the center. The whole thing is sewn to a pin back. U.S. penny, British penny, and Canadian penny for scale. (Great Britain, why is your cent piece larger? Whaddya think you’re better than us?) This whole project was very quick and easy to do.
It occurred to me after finishing the flower that this would be an excellent way to use up those tiny bits of handspun that aren’t long enough for anything else. I may be doing that in the near future.