Materials - blunt needle - cardboard (stiff) - crayons or felt-tip pens - fork or comb - paper (blank) - scissors - stick needles (three or more) - string - yarn (two or more colors) A...
Weave a bag
Materials Read weaving (pages 178-179) before you begin this project. 1 Cut a piece of cardboard the size you want your bag to be. Leave an extra inch (13 mm) along the edge that will be the top of...
Octavius octopus
Materials - blunt needle - scissors - Styrofoam or rubber ball (or tightly crumpled newspaper) - yarn (two colors) 1. Cut off 36 strands of yarn, each measuring three times as long as your...
Hook, Weave, Knot, and Braid
It's raining, it's pouring, and Bob and Sue are weaving yarn bags! Janie's going on a long trip. On the way, she's making an octopus to keep her company. Bill's not playing ball. He's weaving a...
Omar Alai’s workday
"Insects, sheep, leaves, roots, and bark! That's what this rug is made of," says Omar as he sits at the loom. Omar remembers visiting the dye house. Here, he had watched the wool being dyed. And the...