Emma and Gillian
Crafting a sustainable and reusable Christmas yarn wreath as a door or festive home decoration.
Steps to creating your own sustainable festive wreath for your Christmas home using either a kit or your own resources.
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Emma and Gillian
- Sep 9
- 3 min
8 steps to designing and weaving your own tartan with a square weaving loom kit.
Find out how we used a square frame weaving loom kit to design and weave a Tartan fabric.
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Emma and Gillian
- Aug 20
- 3 min
Weaving a Christmas runner on a rigid heddle loom - create a touch of festive handmade charm.
Interested in weaving a handwoven Christmas runner? This blog details our latest kit with some weaving tips.
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Emma and Gillian
- Aug 10
- 3 min
5 key tips for weaving a stash of hand spun yarn to weave a beautiful luxury scarf
This blog outlines the weaving of yarn from a stash. Waste yarn is put to great effect with the creation of a stunning handwoven scarf.
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Emma and Gillian
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Holiday crafting - enjoy the craft of weaving on small portable looms while travelling
The summer holidays are a perfect time for exploring new craft hobbies. This blog shows woven projects undertaken on our holidays.
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Emma and Gillian
- May 1
- 4 min
5 small economic and portable weaving loom kits - Which is best to learn to weave on?
Want to have a go at learning to weave but don't know where to start? This blog outlines some small looms and what you can weave on them.
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Emma and Gillian
- Apr 2
- 2 min
9 steps to a beautiful hemstitch on a rigid heddle weaving loom
Do you want to know how to hemstitch on a rigid heddle weaving loom? This blog shows you how.
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Emma and Gillian
- Mar 13
- 4 min
Solving 3 common issues encountered by weavers using a rigid heddle weaving loom.
There are a few common issues faced by new rigid heddle loom weavers. This blog contains tips and hints to help you to weave well.
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Emma and Gillian
- Feb 20
- 3 min
3 methods to successfully and seamlessly change the weft thread when weaving a scarf on a rigid heddle weaving loom?
Do you want to know how to change the weft colours when weaving on a rigid heddle weaving loom? This blog details some approaches.
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Emma and Gillian
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Would you like to be able to weave a stylish checkerboard scarf using a rigid heddle loom weaving kit?
Using a TabbyandTweed rigid heddle loom scarf weaving kit to create a stylish checkerboard scarf.
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Emma and Gillian
- Nov 22, 2023
- 3 min
Weaving Christmas decorations using a weaving loom kit is a simple and creative way to bring some festive magic to your home
A quick summary of our Christmas weaving kits for festive projects.
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Emma and Gillian
- Oct 18, 2023
- 4 min
8 fun and effective strategies for teaching people to learn to weave on a rigid heddle weaving loom
Approaches for helping people to learn to weave on a rigid heddle weaving loom.
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Emma and Gillian
- Sep 4, 2023
- 3 min
Sustainability is a key driver when weaving a scarf with British wool with a rigid heddle loom weaving kit
Would you like to learn to weave a scarf using British wool? This blog details some TabbyandTweed kits which enable you to do just that.
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Emma and Gillian
- Aug 19, 2023
- 3 min
Weaving a Log cabin sample weave using a square loom kit
Would you like to weave a log cabin design? This blog shows the weaving plan and how to achieve this on a small frame loom.
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Emma and Gillian
- Jun 21, 2023
- 3 min
Being creative with a little weaving loom kit to sample a Krokbragd weave
Learn to weave a Krokbragd sample understanding the structure of the weaving design - This blog should help.
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Emma and Gillian
- Jun 6, 2023
- 3 min
4 creative techniques to weave different patterns and textures using a small weaving loom kit
Would you like to learn how to weave different stitches and textures on a small frame loom? This blog outlines different approaches.
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Emma and Gillian
- May 22, 2023
- 3 min
Learning to weave on a rigid heddle weaving loom - create beautiful scarves, wall hangings and more
This blog introduces a TabbyandTweed rigid heddle weaving loom kit which is perfect for people wishing to learn to weave.
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Emma and Gillian
- Feb 1, 2023
- 2 min
Weaving a small visible mending patch using a weaving loom kit - make do and mend
There is lots of interest surrounding the making, mending and repurposing our clothes. This blog shows you how to weave a mending patch.
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Emma and Gillian
- Jan 3, 2023
- 1 min
Weave in circles using a circular weaving loom kit to create stunning pieces of decorative woven wall art.
A circular weaving loom allows a range of different techniques and fibres to be used creating stunning woven mandala wall art.
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Emma and Gillian
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
How to weave a houndstooth and learn the skill of changing warp threads on a small weaving frame loom kit
How do you change the warp threads on a small frame loom? This blog helps you do just that.
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